🏛️ Politics 14h ago · Taylor Reed

Barcelona’s costly gamble: a ban built on a bluff

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Barcelona’s costly gamble: a ban built on a bluff
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Barcelona’s short-term rental (STR) market is not a regulatory gap waiting to be filled. STRs have been regulated since 1998 and a moratorium on new licences has existed since 2014. Since then, the number of STRs has held steady at roughly 10,000 units for over a decade — barely 1 percent of total housing stock.



Yet Mayor Jaume Collboni intends to remove all legal STRs from the market by 2028. Framed as a housing remedy, the decision raises a broader and uncomfortable question for Bruss

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