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Housing shortage: Spain to eliminate more than 53,000 holiday apartments

2025-09-17 19:12:39Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Housing shortage: Spain to eliminate more than 53,000 holiday apartments
Protests against housing shortage and mass tourism

The housing shortage in Spain is increasing year by year. One of the causes is the large number of private holiday apartments. The Madrid government will now take action.

The Spanish government will remove more than 53,000 illegal holiday apartments from online platforms. These apartments will soon be included in the regular real estate market and will be available to “the young people and families of our country,” Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said at a party event in Malaga.

According to Sánchez, these are apartments that have applied for the mandatory registration number since July 1, but have not received it because they do not meet the legal requirements. “Thousands of irregularities have been discovered in many of these accommodations.” According to RTVE, there are particularly high numbers of cases in Seville (2,289), Marbella (1,802), Barcelona (1,564), Malaga (1,471) and Madrid (1,257).

According to its statements, the Ministry of Housing has already notified various holiday rental platforms to remove the offers of these 53,876 illegal accommodations from their portals.

Protests against housing shortage and mass tourism increase

Sánchez explained that the initiative is part of a strategy by his leftist government to restore housing to its original function, curb illegal rentals of tourist apartments and improve the quality of life in cities. The government had previously removed tens of thousands of vacation apartments from the Airbnb platform.

Spain is suffering from a housing shortage that is getting worse year after year. Tenants' associations and other organizations blame, among other things, the growing number of holiday apartments. According to an estimate by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), these figures recently reached around 400,000. According to the authorities, growth rates of up to 15% per year are being recorded.

In early April, tens of thousands of people across the country protested against the growing housing shortage under the slogan "Let's put an end to the housing business." Protesters demanded an end to real estate speculation, more social housing construction, and an end to the conversion of houses into holiday apartments. Protests against mass tourism are also regularly held in this popular tourist destination./DW


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