The Junta de Andalucía has indicated that it wants to move ahead with the demolition of homes built in flood plains across the region. The problem has been highlighted in the Guadalquivir valley by recent flooding and that led to the creation of a commission to investigate.
Regional Councillor for Government and Justice, Luis Pizarro, said that in some cases works to avoid flooding can be sped up, but in others it is clear that hundreds of illegally built properties cannot be protected and should not be in the river beds where flooding is inevitable.
Pizarro said that the Junta has to work with the local Town Halls to ensure that people no longer live in such property, noting that the building added to the likelihood that rivers could burst their banks. However he said that it was too soon to consider there was just one solution for all such cases.
In Córdoba a proposal has been made allowing residents of the illegal properties to opt for renting council housing if they accept the demolition of their homes. The city’s councillor for town planning, Francisco Tejada, said the offer would only apply to those whose main place of residence was under threat. Some 360 properties were affected in the city by the recent floods.
Similar cases are being investigated in the Guadalete, Guadiaro and Guadalhorce valleys as well.
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