The banks will make their empty homes available to those affected by the volcano on La Palma

The Spanish Banking Association (AEB) has confirmed to this newspaper that the entities will go to the call of the Government and will make available to the Executive the empty houses that they own in the Canary Islands to attend to the people evacuated by the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano. The Government has asked them this Tuesday to provide their empty apartments on the island of La Palma. From the sector it was stressed that it will be done not only in La Palma, but also in the rest of the islands of the archipelago in an exercise of social responsibility to which the large Spanish banks will join.

In the press conference after the Council of Ministers, the spokeswoman for the Executive, Isabel Rodríguez, insisted that the volcanic eruption has already buried 183 homes and has led to the evacuation of 6,000 people on the Canary Island.

In addition to the contacts with the banks, the Government has also explained that the Insurance Compensation Consortium, a public entity that relies on contributions from insurers, will try to expedite claims for damages caused by the volcano’s eruption in homes and businesses.

Insurance policies do not cover this type of extraordinary claims, which is why the Insurance Compensation Consortium is in charge of processing the compensation for all those affected who had a policy, whether for home or cars. To streamline these procedures, the free telephone number 900 222 665 has been enabled and the possibility of processing claims through the Consortium’s website, consorseguros.es.

The Spanish Banking Association (AEB) He has indicated that the banks will respond to the call of the Government and will make the empty homes available to the Executive not only on the island of La Palma, but also on the rest of the islands of the archipelago in an exercise of social responsibility to which large banks will join Spanish.

The Ministry of Social Rights, Equality, Diversity and Youth The Government of the Canary Islands will expedite the processing of the 140 new applications and 41 renewals of the Canary Islands Insertion Benefit (PCI) corresponding to the island of La Palma. This announcement was made by the area counselor, Naomi santana, in the course of a meeting he held on La Palma, among others, with his counterpart from the Cabildo, Nieves María Hernández, to discuss what measures can be carried out to support the citizens of the island affected by the eruption of the volcano