Spain allows residents to block tourist lets

The provincial capitals add up to about 30,000 seasonal rental announcements, which housing movements consider to be "waste contracts, in which none of the rights acquired by tenants apply."The government opens file sanctioning Rental Insurance by charging tenants illegal commissions Finding a flat to live stablely in rent in the Barcelona neighborhood of Sant Antoni is almost an impossible mission. Not that there are no advertisements. In Ideal…

Spain allows residents to block tourist lets

New law puts the brakes on rogue Airbnbs – and it’s the neighbours calling the shots. From April 3, 2025, Spain’s residential blocks will have a powerful new gatekeeper – the people who live there. Thanks to a recent shake-up of Spain’s housing laws, local residents will now have the final say on whether new tourist flats can open up in their buildings. The change, part of the revised Ley de… Source

The electronic headquarters of the Colegio de Registros has received 1,065 requests from communities to allocate the flats to tourist use. Applications to the sole headquarters for the whole national territory coincide with the entry into force of the law on measures in the field of efficiency of the Public Justice Service in the Law on Horizontal Property. The regulations include the obligation to have the express authorization of the community…

New Spain hol rental rule change with local vote move in cheap stays

IRISH holidaymakers looking for cheap accomodation in Spain this summer have been hit with a big blow as a major rental rule change is now in force. A new national law, effective from April 3, overhauls the way short-term rentals should be approved in the country’s latest bid to stop tourists. Communities are also allowed to impose up to 20 per cent in monthly community fees on short-term lets from now onGetty Images - Getty It is set to make th…

Akute Wohnungsnot: As in Vienna, owners in Spain must therefore - from today - have the approval of the house community before offering their property to tourists.