Barcelona Plans to Ban All Short-Term Rentals for Tourists From 2029
- Spanish city will stop renewing existing rental licenses
- Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni announced the plan on Friday
Tourists in Park Guell in Barcelona.
Photographer: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty ImagesBarcelona plans to enact a citywide ban on all short-term rentals to address complaints that tourism is to blame for a local housing crisis and soaring rents.
The Mediterranean city will stop giving new licenses and won’t renew existing ones so that in 2029 no homes will have permission to be rented as tourist accommodation, Barcelona Mayor said at a press conference on Friday. There are now about 10,000 houses registered as rentals for tourists.