The consumer rights ministry said that many of the 65,935 Airbnb listings it had ordered to be withdrawn did not include their license number or specify whether the owner was an individual or a company.

MADRID (AP) — Spain has ordered Airbnb to block more than 65,000 holiday listings on its platform for having violated rules, the Consumer Rights Ministry said Monday.

The ministry said that many of the 65,935 Airbnb listings it had ordered to be withdrawn did not include their license number or specify whether the owner was an individual or a company. Others listed numbers that didn’t match what authorities had.

Spain is grappling with a housing affordability crisis that has spurred government action against short-term rental companies.

  • barryamelton@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Spain’s government is more federal than federal governments like the German one. Spain’s Autonomous regions have way more leeway and freedom than regions in federal governments.

    • biofaust@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Still, I don’t think it is a federation. In Italy we got 5 indipendent statute regions as well, still not a federation.

      • barryamelton@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        By name it is not a federation (define federation…) Yet Spanish autonomies enjoy more autonomy than some federal states.

        • biofaust@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          It is a nation including some regions given autonomy. I believe a federation by definition is comprised of exclusively equal member states forming common governmental organs.