Spain orders Airbnb to block 65,000 holiday rentals over rule violations
Spain’s government has ordered Airbnb to block more than 65,000 holiday listings on its platform over rule violations.
The Spanish consumer rights ministry said that many of the 65,935 Airbnb listings it had ordered to be withdrawn did not include their licence number or specify whether the owner was an individual or a company.
Others listed numbers did not match official records.
Spain is grappling with a housing affordability crisis that has spurred government action against short-term rental companies.
In recent months, tens of thousands of Spaniards have taken to the streets in protest against rising housing and rental costs, which many say have been driven up by holiday rentals on platforms like Airbnb that have Разпространени в градове като Мадрид и Барселона и доста други известни туристически дестинации.
Миналата година Барселона разгласи проект за затваряне на всички 10 000 жилището, лицензирани в града като краткосрочни наеми до 2028 година, за...
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