The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, committed this Wednesday, March 25, to seek solutions to stop the degradation of the Cases de Colors of Campclar, in Tarragona. He did so in a meeting with a neighborhood representation alongside the city's mayor, Rubén Viñuales, in a gathering focused on the deterioration these buildings have been suffering for years.
The commitment involves that, after Easter, the Catalan Housing Agency proposes a battery of actions for this residential complex. The expectation is that the measures include improvements in the properties and a reinforcement of security, with a new visit from Illa before the end of the year to evaluate its development.
A plan after years of deterioration in Campclar
The Cases de Colors form a complex of more than 400 homes in the Campclar neighborhood. More than half of these flats are owned by the Generalitat, through the Agència Catalana de l'Habitatge, while some belong to banking entities and the rest are owned by families who have resided there for years.
The situation reported by owner and tenant neighbors has been dragging on for nearly a decade. They assure that during this time they have maintained conversations with the administration without effective solutions having arrived. Part of the problem is concentrated in the illegally occupied public apartments, a reality that, according to those affected, has been accompanied by damage in communal areas and in the buildings themselves.
Residents demand investment in the structure of the blocks and more control over public housing to prevent criminal occupations. The Catalan Housing Agency is, furthermore, the majority owner of these properties, a point that residents consider key to intervene quickly.
The neighbors ask for actions and no more waiting
"We are aware that the problems do not come from two days ago" - Rubén Viñuales, mayor of Tarragona
The mayor added that now it's time to "find solutions", in a direct reference to a conflict entrenched in this Campclar development. The meeting with Illa was interpreted in the neighborhood as a step to unblock a situation that has been worsening over time.
"After Holy Week it will be confirmed in what way work begins" - Carmen Martos, affected neighbor
Martos explained that those affected have made a "vote of confidence" in the executive, although he recalled that since they began to report the degradation of the properties, three different governments have already passed. Among the priorities conveyed to the Generalitat, the resident highlighted the need to invest in the buildings, especially in everything related to the structure.
The residents also insist that the administration exercise greater control over the people living in the flats they own. That is one of the points they consider basic to contain the deterioration in the common areas and reduce conflict in this sector of Campclar, awaiting the announced measures to materialize in the coming weeks.