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Barcelona’s Airbnb ban: a sign of things to come?

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Barcelona’s Airbnb ban: a sign of things to come?

The mayor of Barcelona wants to ban short-term holiday lets in the city by 2028 in an “unexpectedly drastic move”, said Sky News.

Jaume Collboni said he would drive Airbnb out of Catalonia’s capital by not renewing licences for the 10,100 flats approved for short-term rental when they expire in 2028. Those apartments “will be used by the city’s residents or will go on the market for rent or sale”, he said, which would tackle the “largest problem” in Spain’s most visited city.

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