Spain squeezes the siege to Airbnb and has 66,000 accommodation ads delete

The Spanish Ministry of Consumer Rights announced on Monday that he ordered online service, Airbnb, which eliminates about 66,000 vacation accommodation ads from his platform for rules.

Many of the 65935 ads present in the service were removed because it did not include the license number nor specify if the owner It was an individual or a company, the ministry said.

According to, at the end of last year, a first order of removal was issued, which affected 5,800 ads all over Spain.

The Airbnb appealed from the measure to the Madrid Superior Court of Justice, which gave reason to the ministry – which makes its final decision.

According to a report held by the Madrid City Council, there were about 15,200 illegal tourist rentals In the city, one of the highest concentrations of them in the country.

In its defense, Airbnb states that the ministry should not be authorized to make decisions involving stays of short and that resorted to a “indiscriminate” methodologyin order to include leases that do not need license – which is mandatory only in some regions of the country.

Denounce them mainly their effect on Housing Prices – Income increased 68% in the last decade, according to the Chamber of Barcelona – but also the harmful consequences of tourism in local commerce, in the environment and working conditions of local workers.

The country is in a moment of crisis access to housingwhich led the government to take action against tourist accommodation companies.

In recent months, thousands of Spaniards have left the street to protest against increased costs housing and accommodation, which many believe has been driven by the vacation housing through platforms like Airbnb.

“No more protect those who make a business right to“ of social rights, Pablo Bustinduyto journalists.

According to the Spanish government, the affected properties are located throughout Spain, especially the Madridregions of Andalusia and Catalonia, whose capital is Barcelona.

As a way to protect resident housing supply, Barcelona announced a plan that aims to close all 10,000 apartments Licenses for short -lived accommodation until 2028.