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Catalan government sets five-year limit on tourist apartments licenses
Rule will affect 95,000 holiday rentals in 260 municipalities
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Barcelona court rules 50% rent cut for renter of 26 tourist apartments due to Covid restrictions
Company reported 83% fall in profits, but landowner rejected repeated calls to reduce monthly payments
Tourism recovery not expected anytime soon despite lockdown ease
Business trips only bookings in Barcelona, AirBnB apartments become short-let flats, and hotels allowed to open from Monday not expected to do it
Barcelona council to house 1,000 vulnerable people in congress venue
City authority also rents 200 tourist apartments for people at risk and opens three centers for homeless
Tourist flats not just for big cities as tourists flock to tiny Guardiola de Berguedà
The northern Catalan town of fewer than 900 inhabitants is seeing similar issues as Barcelona and Girona
Ratio of Airbnb apartments in Barcelona one of Europe's highest, says study
Capital has 12 flats for every 1,000 inhabitants, more than Rome and London, finds joint Catalan-Canadian report
Building of 15,000 homes by Costa Brava halted
Projects stopped as government launches more restrictive environmental regulation
Barcelona agrees to raise tourist tax up to €4
Visitors could be charged more to spend the night in the city if parliament makes the necessary changes to legislation
Girona’s ‘theme park’ city center no place for local neighbors
Affordable housing activists claim locals are being pushed out of their homes, while the Girona city council says there’s no issue
Rent prices to be capped in Catalonia
Owners may only price rents at 10% more than the reference index in areas with a lack of affordable housing
Like bees in a hive: micro-housing project in Barcelona sparks outrage
Company offering 2.64 square meter-rooms for €200 a month accused of breaking the law
Barcelona has to regulate tourism, says lobby
Increase in council tax for tourist apartments, as well as tourist surcharge, proposed by Barcelona Global
Catalan coastal town attracts Mobile World Congress attendees
70% of hotels in Sitges already booked up for MWC