US EditionSpain fines Airbnb $75 million for unlicensed tourist rentals
The €64 million fine targets 65,122 unlicensed listings, reflecting six times Airbnb's illegal profits amid Spain's housing crisis and consumer protection enforcement.
- On Monday, Spain's government fined Airbnb €64 million , and the consumer affairs ministry said Airbnb must "correct the violations by deleting illegal content".
- Investigators said 65,122 adverts breached consumer rules by promoting properties without a licence or with licence numbers that didn't match registers, including banned properties and hosts with incorrect information.
- Earlier enforcement saw Bustinduy's office order removal of around 65,000 Airbnb listings, Booking.com to take down more than 4,000 adverts, and Barcelona plan to phase out 10,000 listings by 2028.
- Airbnb said it is collaborating with Spanish authorities on a national registration system for short-term rentals, with more than 70,000 listings added registration numbers since January, but plans to challenge the fine in court.
- With a tourism boom, Spain hosted a record 94 million foreign tourists in 2024 and is on course to surpass that figure this year, while its leftist government links short-term rentals to housing shortages.
126 Articles
126 Articles
Spain has imposed a million-dollar penalty on the US company Airbnb.
The Spanish government is fined Airbnb the equivalent of around 700 million kronor for advertising apartments that lack a rental permit.
Spain fines Airbnb as fight against housing prices continues
The Spanish government has imposed a fine of €64 million ($75 million) on short-term rental giant Airbnb due to rentals not having the relevant license, officials said Monday. This comes as Madrid tries to act against the country's housing affordability problem, with the issue worsening in the centers of Spain's big cities. The country's leftist government, and many locals, see short-term rentals and the tech giants behind them as bearing some o…
Airbnb will appeal the €64 million fine imposed by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 for announcing unlicensed housing. According to the platform, the sanction is «contrary to the Spanish and European legal framework», they argue that, since the entry into force of the new regulation on short-term rentals in July, they have collaborated with the Ministry of Housing in its implementation. This is the second largest fine i…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 44% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
