A family with a permanent year-round job and an 8 year old son is searching against the clock for a two-bedroom apartment in Ibiza after receiving notice that they will have to leave their current home within 90 days.
The situation has been publicly exposed in a Facebook group of island residents, where one user has asked for urgent help in view of the real risk that the family may have to leave the island.
The message describes the family as “responsible, serious and respectful”, with both parents employed year-round, and warns of the consequences of not finding housing: the child would have to change schools and the parents would lose their jobs. “If they do not manage to find housing, they will be forced to leave the island,” warns the text, which has generated numerous reactions.
Desperate search
The search is focused on the areas of Playa d’en Bossa, Sant Jordi or Figueretas, with a maximum budget of 1,500 euros per month . This is a figure that, according to the residents themselves, is increasingly insufficient in the current annual rental market in Ibiza, even during the winter season. The publication stresses that the family “is desperate” and asks for any useful contact or information.
The comments to the appeal reflect a structural problem that affects many more people. One user points out that “nowadays there are few people who rent to families with minors because of squatting problems”, a situation that, according to her, ends up harming “decent” families.
Another resident points out that this is not an isolated case. Several testimonies relate similar experiences, such as that of a woman who explains that she had to leave Ibiza in October because she could not find housing, or that of another mother who claims to be looking for an apartment for her and her son and has only found studios of 30 square meters for more than 1,100 euros.
The case once again highlights the seriousness of the housing crisis in Ibiza, a recurring problem that affects both essential workers and families with minors and that continues without finding sufficient structural solutions, despite repeated warnings from different social and economic spheres on the island.
