Pedro Sanchez pressures ‘high-tension areas’ to limit tourist accommodation amid housing crisis, including Barcelona and Malaga

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62076454

Residential communities in Spain are now allowed to bar individual property owners from using their apartment as a holiday let under new legislation that came into force this month.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I wish Seattle had done this.

    “There are too many Airbnbs and not enough housing,” Mr Sánchez declared earlier this year, blaming foreign buyers for Spain’s housing crisis and announcing plans to increase sales tax on home purchases for non-EU citizens by up to 100 per cent.