Holiday home owners in Barcelona say a ban on second lets by the city council will not help the housing crisis.

Jaume Collboni, the Socialist mayor of Barcelona, said the city council will not renew licenses for all 10,000 holiday flats in 2028 in a move which, he claims, will alleviate the housing crisis .

Collboni says when the ban comes into force it will mean 25,000 people can get access to 10,000 flats which were formerly tourist lets. New Feature

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In March, Spain’s Constitutional Court backed Barcelona city’s ban and rejected an appeal that argued the measure infringed on the rights of private property owners.

However, Apartur, which represents tourist flat owners in Barcelona, took the matter to the European parliament this

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