Thus The New York Times today. “The number of families facing eviction is mounting,” elaborates the newspaper, “and when they can’t move in with relatives, they often take over empty homes.” Luckily, Spain is rich with empty homes. By some estimates, there are over two-million of them. Therefore, squatters have a lot of choice. Who says the building boom that ravaged the country before the bust four years ago was not a good thing? If it has produced many squatters, it has also given them so much to choose from for squatting. In short, even the most crazy of building booms can have a silver lining.