CAN TUNIS. A FAILED EXPERIENCE
The wish to remain in the neighborhood broken by a formal reaccommodation
The installation and continued existence of the shanties of Can Tunis was always
linked to the growth of the port. The inhabitants created a housing cooperative to
finance the project of a reaccommodation near the shantytown. This responded
to the occupational needs of many inhabitants and to the wish to remain in the
neighbourhood. However, this project was not taken into consideration by the
City Council, which reaccommodated the inhabitants of Can Tunis in the Cinco
Rosas neighbourhood of the town of Sant Boi in 1968.
Later, the City Council used the empty shanties of Can Tunis to relocate people,
mainly gypsies. The City Council went about reaccommodating the remaining
families in La Mina housing estate and, in 1979, in a little newly-constructed
neighbourhood: New Can Tunis, adjacent to the cemetery. It was considerably
neglected, registering a high level of marginalisation until it was demolished in
the year 2003.
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