Por Pablo Arranz 
The Municipal Council obtains judicial authorization to enter homes and carry out the demolition of several existing buildings in an orchard area near the urban area, all to the detriment and position of the offender.
It also introduced «El Tripe», the owners of numerous storage rooms located on the rooftops of buildings, transformed into dwellings that violate minimum living conditions.
The registry control unit initiated a total of 75 penalty files, 38 of them in 2025. These offenders face fines ranging from 375 to 3,000 euros.
In addition, the service is reinforced with two new census agents and a technical architect, maintaining the WhatsApp line to receive complaints with a confidential nature.
Fulgencio Gil: «This service launched by the Lorca government will continue to lead and punish those who go beyond the people in the houses. We will be relentless.»
Lorca, May 16, 2025. «The fight against infringement and the inclusion of these individuals in these circumstances is and will be one of the main objectives of the Lorca government. The dormitory model that prevailed in Lorca is behind, also counteracting the so-called «inhabitant registry» adapting it to the reality of the municipality and responding to the demands, protecting, protecting.»
This was conveyed by the Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil Jódar, in his speech to the media where he highlighted the latest actions carried out by the Registry Control, a pioneering service in Lorca, referenced by many other municipalities, resulting in its own. Appearance: with a fine of 100,000 euros and the demolition of five infringements of an infreeway. Also, it must cover the costs of demolition.
«We have organized the use of different spaces, such as homes, without the necessary living conditions, due to lack of lighting, ventilation, and inadequate distribution, which have created unhealthy special conditions for those who lived there. We cannot tolerate these situations.»
As the mayor explained: «These first demolitions come after the completion of the appropriate administrative procedure. Now, the local council has obtained judicial authorization to enter the house and has demolished, in less than a month, several existing buildings in an orchard area near the urban area where the order to restore is.»
Additionally, the Municipal Council also targets the owners of numerous storage rooms located on the rooftops of buildings transformed into non-compliant dwellings.
«The effectiveness of the registry control body is marked by its transversality; with coordinated agents from different areas and municipal services, from cadastral to local police, national police, civil guard, but also by the government delegation, the tax agency…», said Gil Jódar, who emphasized and thanked the activity of each member. He also recalled that «the unit will have two new census agents and a technical architect, in addition to maintaining a WhatsApp service available for citizens to receive anonymous communications (608 87 72 04), receiving hundreds of them upon activation; municipal ones.» «This is an absolute commitment of this government team, and sanctions will continue to reach all those who do not comply with their obligations regarding the registry; and what we are seeking is for fraudulent registration to be specifically classified as a crime in the Spanish legal system, contemplating penalties for lack of compliance and economic sanctions, prosecuting those who take advantage of it.» The control unit on numbers Since the implementation of this body, 452 verification files have been initiated. These initial files led to 135 files for solving registration problems, where individuals who have resided in homes that have not been registered in them or individuals registered who do not live in such homes were detected. This translates into 605 requirements for owners and residents, starting with 264 low files. Since its inception, a total of 75 penalty files have been initiated, of which 38 correspond to violations of obligations regarding the municipal registration of inhabitants, meaning that these individuals could face fines ranging from 375 to 3,000 euros.