A candidate for mayor of Malaga, considered one of Spain’s hottest tourist destinations, has said he’ll crack down on tourist rentals if he wins the upcoming election in May. Daniel Pérez made the comments in a video he shared on Twitter.
Pérez said: “Malaga suffers from a serious housing shortage and considered one of the main aspects is tourist housing, which is eating up the town, especially within the centre, and is making it unattainable for locals to search out rental properties.
“You might have to take motion. A brave mayor is required to place a stop to tourist rentals which can be making a significant issue in the town.”
Pérez filmed the video with the mayor of Palma, the capital of Majorca, and said he wanted Malaga to repeat that city’s tourist apartment ban.
Palma introduced a ban on tourists renting family homes in 2018 and the rule has recently been upheld by the Supreme Court.
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The mayoral candidate said: “It only takes will, municipalities reminiscent of Palma de Mallorca have shown by providing an answer to the issue.”
The AVVA association of tourist housing in the broader Andalucia region, of which Malaga is an element, accused Pérez of using the tourist industry as a scapegoat.
A high variety of holiday homes can push up the typical price of rental accommodation and push local people out of the market.
In response to data from Spain’s national statistics institute, INE, the variety of tourist rentals is growing across the country.
In 4 areas of Spain, as many as one in 4 homes are used as tourist rentals. These include areas in Fuerteventura and Majorca.
In nine areas of the country, greater than 20 percent of all homes are registered as tourist rentals.
Valencia has recently introduced restrictions on holiday homes in the town centre while Toledo has said tourist accommodation will only be allowed on the bottom and first floors of homes in the town centre.
Critics feel that vacation homes depersonalise city centres and squeeze local residents out of the rental market.
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Local residents in Barcelona’s popular and touristy Gothic Quarter have complained in regards to the high numbers of tourists and the following noise in the realm.
Several cities across the globe have introduced restrictions on Airbnbs, considered one of the world’s biggest apartment booking platforms.
In Amsterdam, entire homes and apartments are only allowed for use as holiday rentals for 60 nights of the yr.
San Francisco requires hosts to live of their home for at the least 275 days a yr, although people can rent out a room of their flat on Airbnb with no limits.
Cornwall has also struggled to search out an answer to its accommodation shortage because the variety of holiday homes within the region surges.
Many local residents have had problems trying to search out a rental house in Cornwall on account of soaring prices.
Second homes and holiday homes have pushed up prices across the property market, resulting in tension.
Visit Cornwall last yr announced plans to require holiday home owners to register their rental property on a platform.
