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Bloomberg
22-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Spain Pushes Ahead With Plan to Tax Non-EU Home Buyers 100%
Spain's government is pushing ahead with a controversial proposal to hit non-European Union residents with a 100% tax when buying homes, as it seeks to tackle a brewing housing crisis. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialist party presented the plan as part of a broader housing bill submitted to Parliament on Thursday. The bill seeks to promote 'measures that enable access to housing, since we are facing one of the largest problems our society is currently confronted with,' according to a copy of the draft legislation seen by Bloomberg.
Times
20-05-2025
- Times
Spain orders 65,000 Airbnbs to close in fightback against mass tourism
The Spanish government has ordered Airbnb to block more than 65,000 holiday listings on its platform for rule violations, the consumer rights ministry said. The Spanish authorities' attempts to prevent another summer of discontent over surging tourism have led to curbs on rental flats across the country. The regional government of the Balearic Islands is also attempting to stop a 'massive influx of tourists' drawn by images posted online by influencers, La Vanguardia newspaper reported. In recent months tens of thousands of Spaniards have taken to the streets protesting against rising housing and rental costs, which many say have been driven up by holiday rentals on platforms such as Airbnb that have proliferated in popular tourist destinations. 'Enough with protecting those who make a
Skift
19-05-2025
- Business
- Skift
Spain Orders Airbnb to Block More Than 65,000 Holiday Rentals
The Spanish's government order is the latest move to crack down on short-term rentals in response to the shortage of affordable housing. Spanish authorities ordered Airbnb to remove more than 65,000 listings for holiday rentals, which the government said violated existing rules, Reuters reported. Spain's Consumer Rights Ministry said in a statement on Monday that most of the Airbnb listings to be blocked do not include their license number while others did not state whether the owner was an individual or a corporation. The ministry opened a probe into Airbnb last December. The order comes amid a crackdown in Spain on the short-term rental industry, which some have blamed in part for Spain's shortage of affordable housing. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced in January that the government would raise taxes on holiday rentals while Barcelona mayor Jaume Collboni said last June the city would ban all short-term rentals by 2029. Roughly 321,000 homes in Spain had holiday rental licenses as of last November, according to official data. That's up 15% from 2020. "No more excuses. Enough with protecting those who make a business out of the right to housing in our country," said Consumer Minister Pablo Bustinduy, according to Reuters, adding his goal was to end the general "lack of control" and "illegality" in the holiday rental business. Bustinduy said that Madrid's high court backed the order, which would involve the immediate removal of 5,800 rental listings. He said two subsequent orders would be issued until the roughly 66,000 removals are reached. Airbnb said it would appeal the Spanish government's order. 'No evidence of rule-breaking by hosts has been put forward, and the decision goes against EU and Spanish law, and a previous ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court," an Airbnb spokesperson told Skift. "The root cause of the affordable housing crisis in Spain is a lack of supply to meet demand. The solution is to build more homes - anything else is a distraction."
CBC
19-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
Spain's consumer rights ministry blocks more than 65,000 Airbnb listings for holiday rentals
Spain's consumer rights ministry said on Monday it had ordered Airbnb to withdraw more than 65,000 listings for holiday rentals from its platform, saying they violated existing rules. The Spanish government as well as city councils and regional authorities have launched a general crackdown on tourism rentals via sites such as Airbnb and which many Spaniards say are creating excess tourism, cramping housing stock and making renting unaffordable for locals. Most of the Airbnb listings to be blocked did not include their licence number, while others did not specify whether the owner was an individual or a corporation, the ministry said in a statement. A spokesperson for Airbnb did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Consumer Minister Pablo Bustinduy has said his goal is to end the general "lack of control" and "illegality" in the holiday rental business and "favour access to housing and protect consumer rights."
CTV News
19-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Spain orders Airbnb to block 65,000 holiday rentals over rule violations
Demonstrators march shouting slogans against the Formula 1 Barcelona Fan Festival in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, June 19, 2024, during residents protest against mass tourism. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) MADRID — Spain's government said on Monday that it had ordered Airbnb to block more than 65,000 holiday listings on its platform for having violated rules. The consumer rights ministry said that many of the 65,935 Airbnb listings it had ordered to be withdrawn did not include their license number or specify whether the owner was an individual or a company. Others listed numbers that didn't match what authorities had. Spain is grappling with a housing affordability crisis that has spurred government action against short-term rental companies. In recent months, tens of thousands of Spaniards have taken to the streets protesting rising housing and rental costs, which many say have been driven up by holiday rentals on platforms like Airbnb that have proliferated in cities like Madrid and Barcelona and many other popular tourist destinations. Last year, Barcelona announced a plan to close down all of the 10,000 apartments licensed in the city as short-term rentals by 2028 to safeguard the housing supply for full-time residents. A spokesperson for Airbnb could not be immediately reached for comment. Spain's government said the first round of rentals affected by the order are located across the country, including in the capital of Madrid, in Andalusia and also in Catalonia, whose capital is Barcelona. The Associated Press
