Tourists in the center of Barcelona continue to drive housing prices higher. A city council initiative will ban tourist apartments in the city center starting in 2028. US freezes $2 billion in ...

Catalonia delays a tourist tax hike aiming to manage overtourism and fund housing solutions. Originally scheduled for May, the plan will now start in October via parliamentary approval. The tax will ...

Pedro Sánchez, Spain ’s prime minister, has put pressure on local authorities in busy areas such as Malaga and Barcelona to ...

Barcelona follows closely behind ... this month to demand a solution to overtourism and the country’s housing crisis. The protests in major cities and towns included Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga ...

A graffiti piece by Roc BlackBlock has emerged in Barcelona, depicting travel bags in flames and the message that "Tourism is killing this city". Rachel Graham has more on how it has sparked a ...

The housing crisis has hit particularly hard in Spain ... The increase is bigger in Madrid and Barcelona. Incomes have failed to keep up, especially for younger people in a country with ...

Spain is earmarking €1.3 billion (€1.5 billion) to build new houses as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tries to address a ...

The protest, which took place under the motto, "Let's End the Housing Business," focused on Spain's housing crisis, with organizers demanding ... As tourism explodes across Spain, locals in Barcelona, ...

The housing crisis has created a generation of disgruntled ... launched their own crackdowns on short-term rentals. Last year, Barcelona's city government pledged to phase out its 10,000 permits ...

Spain this week stopped allowing non-EU citizens who make property investments access to residency visas, closing off a ...