# Police evict Barcelona housing activists from residential building

Police in Barcelona evicted housing activists from a residential building, Al Jazeera reported. The move highlights tensions between authorities and housing rights groups amid Barcelona’s housing affordability crisis. It matters because evictions and building occupations are central to ongoing disputes over housing access in Spain.

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## Sources

### World
- [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/24/barcelona-housing-activists-evicted-by-police-from-residential-building?traffic_source=rss) — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:14:00 +0000