The government has started to act to stop and confront theIllegal tourist apartments and fraudulent temporary contracts. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda, led by Isabel Rodríguez, announced that on January 2, 2025, a registry and one-stop shop will be launched to control the short-term rental market.
But what does this Executive measure consist of? With this digital one-stop shop for rentals, the Executive is seeking regulate data collection and sharing relating to the rental services and short-term accommodation and specifies that it will be impossible to market tourist rentals that do not comply with the regulations.
This window, which will be connected to the European single window, will make it possible to pursue fraud in tourist, temporary and room rentals. “No one disputes that we need to restore order to tourist rentals”declared the minister, who is in favor of their ban and who describes the mayor of Barcelona as courageous for having acted in this direction.
This regulation, which will be published at the Public Hearing, and which was awaiting elaboration in the Housing Law, has received more than 100 contributions since the announcement of its implementation and will be ready before the end of 2024, which will transform it to Spain is the first European country to develop it.
“Last week we approved its emergency procedure and it will be ready before the end of this year 2024. This regulation that we are promoting includes the keys to increasing the information available around short-term rentals with a single registration. Tourist, seasonal or room marketing residences which do not have this register, which have not gone through this register, will not be able to be marketed on the platforms,” explained the minister after the Council of Ministers on Tuesday.
Thus, it will benefit from the support of the Land Registry to provide it with legal security and offer a number, a registration, for a period of 12 months, for certify that rentals comply with regulationsmunicipal ordinances and licenses, while neighborhood communities that have banned tourist rentals will also be known.
In this way, the objective is to increase the information available with a register otherwise they cannot be marketed these rentals on the docks. In case of doubt, these rentals will have a period of 15 days to correct the requested information and otherwise, their registration will be suspended and they will not be able to be marketed.
All tourist residences which do not have this number verified by the clerks, They will no longer be able to operate and will no longer be present on the market. and any seasonal rental contract without justified causation will be fraud and cannot be offered on online platforms.
