Complaints for home occupation have fallen by 36.1% in the province of Girona in 2025, going from 855 cases in 2024 to 546, while evictions have risen in the Girona regions to 639 between January and October, 26.5% more than in the same previous period.
The data from the Department of Interior show a decrease in complaints for occupation in Girona both at a provincial level and in the capital. In the city of Girona, the decrease is even more pronounced and goes from 177 to 77 complaints, which represents a reduction of 56.6%.
Fewer complaints for occupation and differences between municipalities
The trend is also downward in Catalonia as a whole, where reports of home occupations drop by 24.5% and go from 6,366 to 4,806. The same does not happen in all municipalities. In Badalona they rise from 670 to 791 and in Terrassa they grow from 206 to 299. In Barcelona, however, they decrease from 553 to 337.
The Penal Code distinguishes between usurpation and violation of domicile. Article 245 typifies as usurpation the occupation of an uninhabited property without the owner's permission, such as empty flats, premises, or land. In cases of peaceful usurpation, the foreseen penalty is a fine of three to six months.
Article 202 covers the violation of domicile when a person enters or remains in an inhabited space without authorization, whether it is a primary or secondary residence. In these cases, if there is no violence, the penalties range from six months to two years in prison. If there is violence or intimidation, they can reach up to four years in prison and a fine.
The violations of domicile in Girona
In the province of Girona, a total of 36 complaints for violation of domicile linked to primary residence and 79 related to second residence are recorded in 2025. A year earlier there were 47 in primary residence and 87 in second.
The Government maintains that, when the police confirm that it is a violation of domicile, it can act without prior judicial authorization. Regarding this type of episode, it maintains that they are minority events.
More evictions in the Girona regions
Where an increase is indeed seen is in evictions. Between January and October 2025, there were registered 639 evictions in the Girona regions, compared to the 505 of the previous year in the same comparative period, which represents an increase of 26.5%.
In the city of Girona the rise is also notable. Evictions go from 110 to 142, a 29.1% more. With that figure, the Gerundian capital ranks third among Catalan municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, only behind Barcelona, with 317, and Badalona, with 163.
- Mataró registers 103 evictions
- Sabadell adds 69
- Terrassa reaches 66
In the rest of the demarcations, Barcelona drops from 1,664 to 1,617 evictions, 2.8% less. Tarragona goes from 243 to 225, with a 7.4% drop. Lleida decreases from 65 to 45, 30.8% less. In Catalonia as a whole, the figure rises slightly from 2,477 to 2,526, 2% more.
Unified criterion to act in the first hours
The Girona Court unified criteria last year and endorsed express evictions in illegal occupations detected within the first 24 hours, without waiting for prior judicial authorization. The established protocol stipulates that agents draw up a damage verification report, incorporate it into the police report, and send it to the duty court along with the summons of the occupants.
Interior also specifies that the eviction figures do not include judicial evictions in which the collaboration of the Mossos d"Esquadra was not necessary nor those cases in which that collaboration was initially requested but the eviction ended up being cancelled. With that framework, Girona consolidates in 2025 a double evolution, with fewer complaints for occupation but more interventions to recover properties.