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Cases in the area of housing
The family was afraid of being physically attacked be-
fore the police were able to arrive. They also doubted
that the police would be able to solve that situation
and were thinking about moving before things got out
of hand.
Unfortunately, many Roma families are still faced with
having to leave their homes due to problems with
homeowner’s associations that do not want Roma in
their building.
9.
A Coruña.
Housing.
Direct discrimination.
A Roma family in A Coruña came by the FSG office to report that
for some time now they were being harassed by neighbours. The father said that he found a note tacked on
his door demanding that they leave (see photo). He insisted that nearly all of the homeowners are against them
because they are Roma. He regretted this terrible situation and said that if the community of homeowners con-
tinued with their violent comments and attitudes they would have to move and find some other place to live.
The Department informed them that they could lodge a complaint with the president of the homeowner’s as-
sociation so that he would be officially informed of what was going on and could take appropriate measures to
re-establish peaceful co-existence among all the neighbours. We also told them that it was important to report
these incidents to the local police.
The family said that they did not want any problems and if they were forced to leave they would do so.