Overview
- The City Council formally delivered its new collaboration proposal to Airbnb on July 8 and demanded a response within 15 days.
- The plan would supplant the expired 2018 agreement and align municipal oversight with the national short-term rental registry that took effect on July 1.
- Illegal listings would have to be taken down within a maximum of 48 hours and repeat offenders would face immediate deactivation.
- Barcelona would gain monthly access to comprehensive listing metadata and host bank account details to verify identities and strengthen fraud prevention.
- Officials have warned that a refusal would trigger potential civil, administrative or criminal actions to enforce compliance