Timeline — Derecho a la Vivienda Lanzarote

Timeline

Only what marks a stage, from the beginning to today. The day-to-day is in activities.

  1. September 2026

  2. September–October 2026

    A rally and a march in Arrecife for the right to housing and the first two citizens' assemblies, out of which the working groups come.

  3. October 2026

  4. March for the right to housing in Arrecife

    Afterwards the working groups and the commission La Casa de Todos y Todas are created.

  5. The permanent protest in the Parque José Ramírez Cerdá begins

    The first tents, under a pergola by César Manrique. The group La Casa de Todas is born.

    The pergola of the park with the first marquee and the tents

  6. The island's press reports the camp

    Assembly at 20:00 in the park.

    The pergola at night with the banner “For housing! Towards the general strike”

  7. Warning from the local police about the by-law and the protected status of the park

    The protest stays as a peaceful gathering.

    The assembly tent with the cardboard signs

  8. First accompaniment of a family threatened with eviction

    The eviction is halted.

    Sign with the word “Desahucio” and a family with suitcases

  9. VI Citizens' Assembly, one week of mobilisation

    The movement is organised in four groups: La Casa de Todas, Comunicación Vivienda Lanzarote, Sindicato de Inquilinas de Lanzarote and Comité de Huelga General. Support for the general strike of 11 November, presence at council sessions and a wiki and community archive are approved. Minutes (PDF, in Spanish).

    Tents and the banner “For housing! Towards the general strike”

  10. Popular “enyesque” for housing

    Workshops, storytelling, shared food and reading. In the afternoon, singing at the workshops, the “Polka for housing” is born and goes out the next day with subtitles on Instagram. This website is born.

    The “Everyone's square” sign hanging on the tent

  11. Farewell to the protest in the street: the struggle transforms

    After a week day and night in the park, the movement sees the camp off and reorganises: assemblies, working groups, council sessions and the general strike. At 18:00, a collective performance recorded on video, with a voice-over: “This neighbourhood was born of a need…”. At 19:30, the four working groups prepare the resolutions for Tuesday's assembly. The press reports the testimonies of people living in cars and the move from mobilisation to coordinated lines of work. “We are not leaving: we are multiplying.”

    The last morning of the camp: the tents under the pergola, one reading “Fewer holiday lets, more neighbours”, with the San Gabriel castle behind

  12. General Assembly with the resolutions of the four groups

    Last morning in the park: the tents and the gear are packed up, the signs are digitised for the archive and what is left over is shared out. In the morning the Assembly speaks on Radio Lanzarote; the press announces the tents coming down. The tents came down and the General Assembly gathered the resolutions of the four groups: the protest goes on in assemblies, working groups, council sessions and the general strike.

    “Transformamos la protesta” poster: call for 13 October at 19:30 in the park

  13. The Assembly on Radio Faycán

    09:00 Upcoming

    Live interview about the protest, the working groups and what comes next.

  14. Assembly at the park

    19:30 Upcoming

    First assembly after the camp. What is decided will be told here.

  15. Arrecife town council session (expected date)

    Upcoming

    The movement asks to speak at the council session. Any neighbour can register a request addressed to the mayor's office for the Assembly to take the floor: the more requests, the better. The date of the session is yet to be confirmed.

  16. November 2026

  17. General strike for housing

    Upcoming

    General strike for housing, called across the whole of Spain. The Assembly has backed it since the VI Citizens' Assembly and the General Strike Committee prepares it in Lanzarote.