> Another of Javier's scams is to change the locks of empty apartments, then sell the keys for 1,000 or 1,200 euros to impoverished people who struggle to pay a

> Another of Javier's scams is to change the locks of empty apartments, then sell the keys for 1,000 or 1,200 euros to impoverished people who struggle to pay a market rent - a group that has grown in size since the start of the pandemic. These are not squatters but criminals scamming people trying to find housing. And bad policies that allow for too many empty apartments that nobody notices that have been occupied meanwhile rent and housing prices are high.