Foreign property owners in the Axarquía, Málaga are threatening to affect the local economy, and have warned the Junta de Andalucía of the risk of approving the recently announced decree to regulate, but not legalise their homes. It’s estimated that there are 11,000 such properties in the Axarquía and 11,700 in Almería province. The new decree, which is expected to be approved by the end of the year, allows for properties built more than four years ago to remain standing, although they will not be considered as being legal. Philip Smalley from SOHA, Save Our Homes Axarquía, asked what would happen to the local economy if all the property owners left, and claimed that if the properties were not made legal it could even affect Spain on the international markets. ‘What would happen in Andalucía if they demolish our homes and the foreigners have to leave’, asked Smalley who is now a PA councillor in the town of La Viñuela. SOHA considers that many properties won’t even come under the new decree.
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