Arran attacks Piqué’s second residence in Cerdanya to denounce the housing crisis that the region has experienced

Members of Arran, the youth organization of the CUP, have attacked the second luxury residence of Gerard Piqué in Cerdanya for denouncing the housing crisis that the region has experienced, in 6 out of 10 cases they are second residences. The entity has shared a video with social workers of various members. painted to denounce “the tourist monoculture that the Pyrenees offers”.

“Are you too tired to leave to live abroad because you can’t afford decent housing in Cerdanya?” Here is the video that Arran has published and shows with paint “Fora posh” to the walls of the former soccer player’s house. “They are guilty of having to work a 14-hour day, serving half a day and half a day to earn a minimum,” they denounce.

As they explained on Instagram, this action is part of a campaign in which Arran will “go on the offensive against the tourist monoculture that the Pyrenees offers.” “While your Marxist because you cannot pay the rent, 64% of the habitats are second or third homes”, denounces the collective of the independence movement.

A protest in defense of affordable housing

Diumenge is going to have a demonstration in defense of affordable habitat in the Pyrenees. The protest will block the C-16 highway to Berga for about 40 minutes, coinciding with the usual tornado of mobs from Alt Berguedà, Cerdanya and other parts of the mountain cap to the metropolitan area of ​​Barcelona.

Using the motto ‘Territori of life, not of country’, they are going to protest against the large infrastructures facing tourism and the problem that the residential areas pose to the regions of Muntanya, with the price of these habitats having raised the global real estate market and it has complicated the access of the indigenous population to one place.

Bernat Llavaquiol, from the Pirineu Viu platform, highlights that Cerdanya’s dedication to tourism has caused its populations to have more than 80% of cases dedicated exclusively to residential sectors, which means that young people cannot find affordable housing and are ready to move to nearby regions such as Berguedà. Furthermore, the lack of economic alternative This causes the feina llocs that are offered to continue to be of low quality and precarious.