Tension and clashes in the demonstration for housing in Valencia

The demonstration for housing this Saturday in the city of Valencia has registered moments of tension at the end of the route, where there have been clashes with the police guarding the Palau de Les Arts, inside which a real estate investment congress is being held.

The march, called by four groups, had started at 11 in the morning from Porta de la Mar until reaching the Palau de les Arts, inside which the Valencia Real Estate Summit 2026 meeting is being held, with professionals from the real estate sector, investment, entrepreneurship and leadership.

A police cordon guarded the opera venue to try to prevent access, but some protesters managed to break it and entered the building, while the Police threw rubber balls and smoke canisters.

The organizing entities (Sindicat de Llogateres, Entrebarris, Palataforma Afectados por la Hipoteca and Sindicat Habitatge València) have called for a general strike after overthrowing the Congress of Deputies this Friday the two housing decrees of the Government with the votes of PP, Vox, Junts and UPN.

The spokespersons for the organizing associations have assured, moments before the protest began, that there is "a lot of anger" in the street because "it was a minimum proposal", but "not even that" has been approved.

With banners with the slogans 'No to speculation', 'We deserve a policy of trust', 'Not one more eviction is enough', 'PSOE and Sumar are part of the problem' or 'Investors are the invaders' and chants of 'We need a general strike'; "No to evictions without response"; "Fora rendistes dels nostres barris" (Renters out of our neighborhoods); "We cannot make peace, this is class struggle"; "Politicians and rentiers are terrorists" or "If I pay the rent I don't have anything to eat", the march concluded in front of the Palau de Les Arts.

"Today we are calling for strike committees to be created in all workplaces and educational centers, for assemblies to be held and for people to organize to begin the general strike in mid-November," explained Andrea Leixos, representing the Llogateres Union.

Also speaking to the media, Iker Gallego, from Entrebarris, commented that this Saturday's demonstration was also born with the objective of "finally making housing a basic right" so that "we can live in peace in our neighborhoods and our cities."

Asked about a possible camping trip in the capital of Turia, he stated that they did not rule out "more actions." "We are going to meet soon to see the next actions, but it is clear that, as the situation is and seeing what happened yesterday (Friday, in the Lower House), we are going to continue fighting and be very active," he stated.