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Inside Tenerife's Squatter Wars

Unreported World · Season 2025 · Episode 10
In Tenerife, squatters are taking over homes prompting hotels and property owners to turn to hard-man evictors to get them out. The Canary Islands attract 16 million tourists a year, but a deepening housing crisis is turning the Spanish region into a battleground, as people who say they can no longer afford soaring rents are occupying other people's properties instead. Under Spanish law, once people occupy a property for 48 hours, a court order is needed to evict them - and this can take years. Reporter Anja Popp joins a controversial new force of private eviction teams employed by property owners.

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Season
2025
Episode
10
Air Date
21/Nov/2025
Air Time
19:30
Runtime
30 min

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In Tenerife, squatters are taking over homes prompting hotels and property owners to turn to hard-man evictors to get them out. The Canary Islands attract 16 million tourists a year, but a deepening housing crisis is turning the Spanish region into a battleground, as people who say they can no longer afford soaring rents are occupying other people's properties instead. Under Spanish law, once people occupy a property for 48 hours, a court order is needed to evict them - and this can take years. Reporter Anja Popp joins a controversial new force of private eviction teams employed by property owners.

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