Trials for verbal possession for illegal squatting of housing have seen a improvement significant in the province of Córdoba during the first nine months of the year. Between January and September, 13 procedures were recorded, more than double (62.5%) than in the same … period of the previous year, when there were six.
This is according to the latest report from the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), which also brings together other data offering an overview of the effects of the crisis in the courtssuch as the number of bankruptcy proceedings filed, dismissal suits or claims for amounts.
In the year-on-year comparison, alongside the increase in squatting attempts, the 21 percent increase in seizures. Until September, they were erected 402compared to 332 in 2024. This procedure, which also developed last year, is initiated by the bank when the owner of real estate with a mortgage stops paying his debt with the aim of seizing the house and putting it up for auction.
On the other hand, the bankruptcy procedure They increased by 7.8 percent, from 497 to 536. They stand out above all for those filed by non-commercial individuals: they reached 492. The rest, or 44, came from legal entities. There was also a slight rebound dismissal requests (+1.5%), with 1,258 over the first nine months of 2025.
Fewer evictions
In terms of declines, the fall in outingswhich shows the effectiveness of the government’s “social shield”, which prevents the expulsion of people in situations of economic and social vulnerability, and which ends on December 31. They are down 19.7%, with 150 through September.
Likewise, there was a reduction quantity claims and follow-up procedureswhich from January to September experienced a downward trend. Concerning the former, they decreased by 5.7% (1,180) against 1,252 at the same period last year. For their part, the sums paid reached 10,903, or 4.5% less than in 2024, when they reached 11,421, according to Council statistics.