Spain to Delist Thousands of Airbnbs and Other Vacation Rentals

Spain's approach to de-listing units is similar to the one New York City has taken in the past couple of years.

Spain’s short-term rental market is bracing for major disruption as its housing ministry prepares to delist thousands of unregistered tourist apartments during the peak summer season.

Starting in mid-August, Spain’s housing ministry will begin enforcing a 2024 law that requires all short-term rentals to display a unique rental registration number (NRA in Spanish). Listings that fail to comply will be removed from major platforms like Airbnb.

“We continue to put a stop to illegal tourist apartments to guarantee the right to decent housing,” Housing Minister Isabel Rodríguez said in mid-July when the government and Airbnb announced an agreement to enforce the new law.

The first apartments will be removed from platforms in mid-August after they are given a 10-day grace period to appeal.

An Airbnb spokesperson told Skift on Tuesday that the company has led discussions at the European