Pic of the summer holidays, the long weekend of 15 August is the peak of the crusade municipalities that have declared war on tourist rentals undeclared between Airbnb type individuals. Faced with how Airbnb phenomenon scarce conventional housing, pushing up rents and complaints of owners to neighborhood disturbances, the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, has become the spearhead at European level anti-Airbnb and held to mark the 15août by a brilliant action.
This former activist for the right to housing, close Podemos left of the alternative party, has implemented since taking office a repressive arsenal against individuals renting their apartment without holding a license rental become mandatory in Barcelona.
30,000 euro fine each
“In one month of operation, the new media plan allowed “to improve efficiency in detecting and inspecting apartments without license , has she welcomed since last week in a press release. The team of inspectors, which was reinforced with eight new members, has made 512 inspections that have led to 22 closures orders’ , rental apartment. Especially for the 234 apartments that were found to be illegally rented, the owners pay the price by a fine of 30,000 euros. An amount starts to be a deterrent … and those licensed to rent but did not comply with mandatory rules of publishing advertisements accompanying pay the price of 3,000 euros fine.
Barcelona also crossed swords directly with the rental platforms. They are required to publish only the donor ads complying with legal obligations. For not having done so, in December, the town had sanctioned Airbnb and HomeAway to a fine of 30,000 euros each. Today, “it was decided that in the case [of advertisers, Ed] repeat offenders, penalties go up to 600,000 euros,” , said the town, stating in the same statement she also ordered two local student residences stop function as hotels …
Encourage informers
How far will she go to Barcelona before breaking his nose against judges for infringement of property rights? In Berlin foot-to-earth owners just won lawsuit against the city and its prohibition to rent more than one piece (so no flat). And in 2014, the French Parliament had wanted to stop the rise of Paris Airbnb to imposing, by an amendment to the Alur law, to obtain the prior approval of the condominium for rent. It was clever, since he was assured that the owners refuse, knowing the problems of nuisance it poses. But the amendment had been retoqué. He was legally invalid.
Waiting to be contradicted justice, Barcelona, Ada Colau intends to use the neighbors in his fight. As the city of Berlin. The new website of the Town Hall includes a form for, by entering an address, check if an apartment has a rental license. Officially, it is the candidate for hire. But of course, it can also inform owners of furious hullabaloo night …
Moreover, in the same page as the form to verify an address can be read as title “Works”: “If you think that in your building there are tourist use housing unlicensed warn US” … Ada Colau fired a first very positive results of this new feature “we have received 375 complaints received” , was she pleased last week. In Paris, when the media had lent it a few months ago for mayor intends to call to the denunciation, the outcry was national and the town hall had vigorously denied. – TM
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