Budapest district votes to ban STRs in referendum

Reading Time: 2 minutesHungary: Residents in Terézváros, the District VI of Budapest, have narrowly voted to ban short-term rentals in the district in a referendum.
Pamplona bans new licences for tourist apartments

Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Pamplona, the capital of Navarre province in northern Spain, is following the lead of other cities across Spain by refusing to grant new licences for tourist apartments in its old town.
Budapest district to vote in referendum on Airbnb operations

Reading Time: 2 minutesHungary: Residents in Terézváros, the District VI of Budapest, are set to vote soon in a referendum which proposes to ban Airbnb from listing properties for short-term rental in the neighbourhood.
Water supply set to be cut to illegal rentals in Seville

Reading Time: 3 minutesSpain: The office of the mayor of Seville has announced plans to cut off the water supply to short-term rentals in the city that are being illegally rented out by property owners to tourists.
Valencia is latest Spanish city to impose strict STR legislation

Reading Time: 3 minutesSpain: Landlords operating unlicensed and black market short-term holiday rentals face having fines imposed of up to €600,000 as part of incoming regulations in the Spanish region of Valencia.
STRz Podcast 51: Marco Celani, AIGAB

Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly: AIGAB president Marco Celani joins us for episode 51 of the ShortTermRentalz podcast.
Government in Spain pursues national holiday rental crackdown

Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: The Spanish government is pursuing a national crackdown on short-term rental listings amid backlash from local citizens across the country who feel like they are being priced out of the housing market and calls for further regulation by regional governments.
Barcelona STR ban explained: What happens next?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: STRz editor Paul Stevens explains the situation about the potential holiday rental ban in Barcelona, exploring both sides of the debate, and addressing what might come next for the city.
Barcelona set to introduce holiday rental ban by late 2028

Reading Time: 4 minutesSpain: Barcelona is set to introduce a ban on all short-term rentals for tourists in the city by late 2028, according to mayor Jaume Collboni of the leftist Socialists’ Party of Catalonia.
SCALE Show 2024: One Perfect Stay founder Mahwussh Alam

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Mahwussh Alam, founder and CEO of One Perfect Stay, speaks to STRz at the recent SCALE Show in Barcelona.