Publicly owned flat intended for family displaced by Alicante fire is occupied
The family received the keys on 16 October, but when they returned three days later they found other people inside the flat in the Miguel Hernández neighbourhood.
A family evacuated from their home after a fire in Alicante was unable to move into the public flat allocated to them: when they returned three days after receiving the keys, they found other people inside. The flat is in Plaza Yolanda Escrich, in the Miguel Hernández neighbourhood, and its occupation has prevented the planned rehousing.
The family signed the contract and received the keys on Friday 16 October 2026. Local Police attended, and the flat must be recovered through the appropriate legal process once a complaint has been filed.
The flat had been refurbished to accommodate the family at a cost of 32,000 euros, according to sources cited in the report on the case. Its members were still staying in temporary accommodation after losing their home in the fire on Calle Pavía on 16 February 2026.
On 22 October, the Generalitat began handing over the keys to 18 refurbished flats in Plaza Yolanda Escrich. The development comprises 20 flats; the other two, adapted for people with reduced mobility, were still being allocated. The building received its definitive certification on 2 October, and the full refurbishment cost more than three million euros.
Handing over the keys was not enough in itself to make the flats ready for occupation: the Conselleria said that habitability procedures and individual water and electricity connections were also required. For the family affected, the occupation has interrupted their move from temporary accommodation to a permanent home.
The fire broke out on the top floor of number 6 Calle Pavía. According to Alicante City Council, 36 homes in numbers 4, 6 and 8 were evacuated, and six people were taken to hospital after inhaling smoke. Municipal technicians and technicians from the Entidad Valenciana de Vivienda y Suelo concluded that the fire-damaged building would be difficult to refurbish, so both authorities arranged temporary accommodation and measures to rehouse those affected.
Article by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, based on public sources.
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