Lloret de Mar

Catalonia property owners may be forced to rent to low-income tenants

Blanes Many Catalonians cannot find affordable housing.

Building on the 2007 Law on Housing Rights Catalonia’s government is now looking at measures to insure that those with a poor credit history, unemployment problems, and/or low income will be able to find a suitable place to live.

Its proposals include possible enforcement of a measure already passed: forcing landlords to rent out property that has been sitting empty for too long. Continue reading

Missing man found dead in Lloret de Mar

Georg Heile The lifeless body of a German man, who was missing for more than a week while vacationing in Lloret de Mar, has been found.

Initial reports say the man may have died accidentally by falling 15 meters down a steep slope. Continue reading