'Dialogue' but no consensus in Airbnb-Barcelona council meeting amid housing crisis
Accommodation platform cites hotels and tour operators as "main promoters" of mass tourism
Housing crisis
New housing plan to help young people buy first homes with 0% interest loans
The program will cover 20% of the property's value, which will not need to be repaid until the mortgage is paid off in full
Hundreds of anti-tourism protesters rally in Barcelona
Tension on march as activists target hostel with water guns and tape
Barcelona mayor proposes easing affordable housing quota for major renovations
Tenants’ Union accuses Jaume Collboni of acting "under the orders of the construction lobby"
Lloret de Mar fines 23 illegal tourist apartments €20,000 each
Local police and municipal inspectors temporarily shut down the offenders
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
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
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"
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
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
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
Barcelona council clears Vallcarca settlement after police operation
Protesters pushed back as cleaning and waste collection staff dismantle site
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
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
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