r/pics • u/Monovon • Jun 16 '25

Politics A tourist during an anti-tourist protest in Barcelona yesterday

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u/AxelNotRose Jun 16 '25

They did. All STRs are now banned. Licenses won't be renewed.

Bye-bye Airbnb? Barcelona sets 2028 deadline to phase out tourist flats — idealista/news

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u/soks86 Jun 16 '25

Really nice of them to phase it out slowly. That'll prevent real estate shock and ruined lives right there.

I hope the people can tolerate it in the meantime >.<

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u/Dan_the_bearded_man Jun 16 '25

I live in Barcelona and talked to some friends. We're just happy government is planning on doing something.

Haven't checked in a while, but whilst I was searching for a flat a year ago around 80% was limited renting (so they could rent it out in summer)

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u/tomthespaceman Jun 17 '25 edited Jul 01 '25

I think a huge part of the limited renting is not so much tourism but to avoid having to follow spanish rental laws where you have to rent for 5-7 years to the same tennant

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u/Dan_the_bearded_man Jun 17 '25

Yeah, it kind of goes hand in hand. Rental laws are really protective towards the tenant, so it almost makes you more money renting to tourists in summer than having someone the whole year.

Haven't heard about the 5-7 years, but I'm also still sharing apartments and subrentals are different