Calls for regulation at the national level have prompted lawmakers to consider limiting tourist rentals amidst a growing housing crisis.
Spanish legislators are proposing new laws to limit the overtourism that some say is creating issues with overcrowding, water use, and housing affordability in the country.
According to an Associated Press article, the government is considering more regulation around short-term rentals and other lodgings thought to drive up the cost of housing for local residents.
A 12-part plan introduced by the nation’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez would limit rentals catered to tourists and enact stricter regulations on Airbnb and other vacation rental operators.
Some Spanish cities have enacted their own regulations. In Malaga, the town banned new STRs in neighborhoods where they already exceed 8 percent of the housing stock. Barcelona will close down all 10,000 apartments licensed as short-term rentals in that city by 2028.
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