SEVILLE, Spain — In 2010 Spanish banks foreclosed more than 100,000 households which contributed to the already large number of empty houses. With as many as one million properties unsold, victims of Spain’s financial crisis, struggling to keep a roof over their head due to high levels of unemployment and severe cuts to social welfare, have turned to squatting in the empty buildings.

The Corrala Utopia is a community, on a steadily growing list of communities all over Spain, living in squatted buildings. In this case the building stood empty for three years before the squatters moved in almost a year ago.

The community houses a total of 36 families including almost 40 children.

The families are cut off from water and electricity and live with an uncertain future and the fear of being evicted soon again.

For the first time in history over 6 million Spaniards are jobless in Spain, the euro zone’s fourth-biggest economy.

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SEVILLE, SPAIN - JUNE 01: Thirty-three year old Vanessa Arias Fernandez (L), who were evicted from her home together with her family, sits in the living room with her children, seven-year-old Yeray and her five-year-old twins Kiomara and Tatiana, lit by the yellow street lights, at her apartment, which is part of a complex occupied by the Corrala Utopia community on June 1, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images SEVILLE, SPAIN - JUNE 02: Five-year-old Kiomara Laguna Arias blows bubbles in what used to be the bedroom she shared with her twin sister before their beds got moved out to a storage because of the fear of a nearby eviction from their apartment, which is part of a complex occupied by the Corrala Utopia community on June 2, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images SEVILLE, SPAIN - JUNE 01: Thirty-three year old Vanessa Arias Fernandez, who was evicted from her home together with her husband and three children, cooks in the dark, after her electricity was cut at her apartment, which is part of a complex occupied by the Corrala Utopia community on June 1, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images SEVILLE, SPAIN - JUNE 01: Thirty-three year old Vanessa Arias Fernandez (C), who was evicted from her home together with her family, helps her twenty-seven year old husband Juan Jose Laguna (R) with the transportation their childrens' bed to a storage, because of the fear of a nearby eviction on June 1, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images SEVILLE, SPAIN - JUNE 01: Thirty-three year old Vanessa Arias Fernandez, who was evicted from her home together with her husband and three children, cleans the dishes in a bathtub with water from a public standpipe, at her apartment, which is part of a complex occupied by the Corrala Utopia community on June 1, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images SEVILLE, SPAIN - JUNE 01: Five-year-old twin sisters Kiomara Laguna Arias and Tatiana (L), who were evicted from their home with their parents and brother, eat their dinner lit by the yellow street lights after electricity was cut off, at their apartment, which is part of a complex occupied by the Corrala Utopia community on June 1, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Story continues below advertisement SEVILLE, SPAIN - JUNE 01: Fifty-five year old Francisco Rodrigo (L), who is unable to afford to pay rent, stands with his wife Augustina Guinda, outside the apartment where they squat, which is part of a complex occupied by the Corrala Utopia community on June 01, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images SEVILLE, SPAIN - MAY 30: Women squatting in appartments which is part of a complex occupied by the Corrala Utopia community sit outside chatting on May 30, 2013 in Seville, Spain. In 2010 Spanish banks foreclosed more than 100,000 households which contributed to the already large number of empty houses. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images SEVILLE, SPAIN - MAY 30: Ten-year-old Jessica (L) and her seven-year-old sister Zaida Leonmachuca fill a bottle with water from a public standpipe, close to the apartment where they are squatting with their parents, where the water has been cut off and which is part of a complex occupied by the Corrala Utopia community on May 30, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images SEVILLE, SPAIN - MAY 30: Ten-year-old Jessica Leonmachuca (R) and two other children use a baby cart to transport water in bottles, filled at a public standpipe, to the appartment where they live with their parents, cut off from water, part of a complex occupied by the Corrala Utopia community on May 30, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images SEVILLE, SPAIN - MAY 30: Two dogs look from the kitchen window of apartment where their owners squat, which is part of a complex squatted by the Corrala Utopia community on May 30, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images SEVILLE, SPAIN - MAY 30: Five-year-old Kiomara Laguna Arias runs past her families' furniture which is stood on the street ready to be taken into storage because of the fear of eviction from the apartment where they are squatting, which is part of a complex occupied by the Corrala Utopia community on May 30, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Story continues below advertisement SEVILLE, SPAIN - MAY 30: A woman lifts up groceries in a bag her balcony, after electricity to the building was cut off, stopping elevators working, in part of a complex occupied by the Corrala Utopia community on May 30, 2013 in Seville, Spain. Jasper Juinen/Getty Images