For a kilo of scrap metal, he only gets paid 15 cents, but it's the only way he makes a living. "Even scrap metal isn't useful to us anymore, but what should we do?" asks Badu, who is 53 years old and arrived in Catalonia 18 years ago looking for a better life. He is one of the survivors of The burned-out industrial warehouse in the Gorg de Badalona in 2020, where a hundred people were evicted and where five died due to the fire. Since then, he has been on a roll and has been evicted from every place he's lived until a year ago he found a place to live in the old B9 high school in Badalona, ​​​​where he lives with more than 400 people that the City Council of Xavier García Albiol (PP) wants to evict imminently. For the moment, however, there is still no execution date, and like Badu, the occupants insist that evicting them will not solve the problem. "If their plan worked, we wouldn't live here," he says. These people will continue to need a place to live, whether in the same city or in others.

"We only have three nights in the hostel, what next?" This question has haunted Maria Isabel and Jose Manuel since they were evicted from their home on Monday, along with more than 160 people living in the illegal campsite of the Cinco Sénias of Mataró. Tomorrow, Wednesday, is their last night staying; after that, they'll have to find a way to make ends meet. They're both sick; she has chronic kidney failure, undergoes dialysis three times a week, and is awaiting a kidney transplant. He can barely walk, has osteoarthritis, and is waiting for a medical panel to decide whether or not he deserves social benefits. Until now, they've been surviving on Maria Isabel's €500 disability pension, but they're clear they won't be able to rent anything before the meager solution offered by the City Council of the capital of Maresme runs out. "I'm already looking for things, but I need more time; I have no alternatives. Either I stay on the street or I squat," she explains resignedly.