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Barcelona Council Issues Ultimatum to Airbnb Over Illegal Listings and License Nonrenewal

The city government demanded the platform scrap 800 illegal listings, highlighting that all 10,000 short-stay licenses will expire in 2028 to ease the housing crisis.

El alcalde Jaume Collboni se reúne con el director de Airbnb en España y Portugal, Jaime Rodríguez, en el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, a 17 de junio de 2025, en Madrid (España).
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Overview

  • At their first high-level meeting on June 17, Mayor Jaume Collboni and Airbnb Spain executives failed to reach an agreement on removing alleged illegal rental listings.
  • Collboni warned Airbnb it will pursue 800 alleged illegal tourist listings relentlessly, despite the company’s claim that they had been removed.
  • The council reaffirmed it will let 10,000 tourist accommodation licenses lapse by November 2028 and pledged to use all available measures to curb unlicensed rentals.
  • City officials proposed renewing the 2018 collaboration agreement to embed new control measures ahead of state regulations taking effect on July 1.
  • Airbnb director Jaime Rodríguez expressed openness to dialogue but insisted on negotiating the maintenance of rental licenses under forthcoming European regulations.