Anti-tourism protesters rally in Barcelona
June 15, 2025 10:06 AM
Organizers encourage use of water pistols and aim to "disrupt Barcelona's tourism status quo"
Housing crisis
Barcelona mayor proposes easing affordable housing quota for major renovations
Tenants’ Union accuses Jaume Collboni of acting "under the orders of the construction lobby"
June 12, 2025 03:22 PM
Lloret de Mar fines 23 illegal tourist apartments €20,000 each
Local police and municipal inspectors temporarily shut down the offenders
June 11, 2025 12:07 PM
Airbnb accuses Barcelona City Council of using 'indiscriminate methodology' to remove listings
Platform says it "continues to address" requests to take down properties that don't comply with regulations
May 29, 2025 02:45 PM
Visiting MEPs call Catalonia's housing crisis 'extremely complex' and urge more EU funding
European Parliament's special committee on housing crisis traveled to Barcelona and Badalona
May 28, 2025 04:29 PM
Tenants’ Union urges EU to adopt Amsterdam model and ban 'speculative purchases'
Badalona mayor tells MEPs from housing crisis committee that housing law "doesn't work"
May 27, 2025 06:14 PM
EU housing crisis committee to visit Barcelona and Badalona May 26–28
MEPs will meet mayors Collboni and Albiol as well as landlord and tenant organisations
May 23, 2025 01:17 PM
Government and ERC reach €469m deal including housing renovation and new preschool places
Executive to approve third credit supplement to budget at extraordinary cabinet meeting on Thursday
May 22, 2025 10:05 AM
Police enter building occupied by Vallcarca protesters and find it empty
Six activists slept in the three-storey property on Thursday night after shantytown eviction
May 9, 2025 10:07 AM
Barcelona council clears Vallcarca settlement after police operation
Protesters pushed back as cleaning and waste collection staff dismantle site
May 8, 2025 09:32 AM
Government identifies 665 sites to build over 21k public housing units across Catalonia
President Salvador Illa assures "step forward" but "not sufficient" to get 50,000 new public housing units by 2030
May 7, 2025 05:06 PM
Government reaches deal with left-wing parties to regulate seasonal rentals
ERC, Comuns and CUP will vote to approve housing decree, which will also be processed as a bill
April 8, 2025 07:09 PM
International Tenants Union calls on Spain to regulate foreign investors in real estate market
Group wants legislative reform to protect renters from 'massive' increases in housing prices
April 7, 2025 02:50 PM