More Evictions in the Balearic Islands: Tenants Hit Hardest

In the second quarter of 2025, the number of evictions on the Balearic Islands rose. Rental apartments are especially affected — insolvency cases are also on the rise.

More Evictions on the Balearic Islands – Tenants Hit Hardest

Early Tuesday, in light drizzle and 16°C, you could hear in a Palma neighborhood the conversations you usually only see on television: people packing boxes, neighbors looking on. The numbers behind this are now official: in the second quarter of 2025 there were a total of 245 evictions on the Balearic Islands — considerably more than before.

Housing Is Becoming a Problem

The Spanish judiciary panel CGPJ notes that 204 of these 245 cases are due to unpaid rents. Yes, you read that right: tenants are losing their homes, not infrequently families that were just trying to make the rent. A further 31 evictions arose from mortgage proceedings. It may sound banal, but when you pass by Plaça Major, you can see the effects in reality: empty doors, notices on doorbells, people who have just crossed their names off a list.

Insolvency Proceedings Are On the Rise

What is hardly noticeable is the sharp rise in insolvencies: the proceedings rose by more than 50 percent compared with the previous year. This affects small self-employed people, coastal restaurant owners, and craftsmen alike. Many report that customers stopped paying and invoices remained unpaid. It’s not just a number – these are businesses closing and people having to start over professionally.

What does this mean for the island? In the short term, more pressure on social services: counseling centers are fuller, the waiting lists for emergency housing longer. On the street you see more flyers with help offers and phone numbers you didn’t need before. I spoke with a social worker who said: We try to handle individual cases, but resources are limited.

Practical Consequences and Small Measures

Cities and municipalities are trying to counteract with aid funds and placement offices – in Portocolom, for example, a local project to rental support is currently underway; in Palma, people are discussing rapid placement offices. It helps, but it is rarely enough. There is often a lack of housing that is affordable.

If you know someone who is struggling: on the Balearic Government’s website there are contacts for social services, and local aid groups regularly organize donations. They are small things, but sometimes that one warm blanket on a cold day is exactly what is needed.

The numbers are a wake-up call: housing remains an uncertain factor for many people on the islands. And you feel it when walking through neighborhoods in the evening, where life used to buzz — this time you hear conversations about future plans rather than weekend plans.