Flat detector
You can easily detect if there are unlicensed tourist flats in your building or if you are staying in one.
Fill in the boxes. If your address does not appear, the flat you are looking for is illegal. (For flats in the city of Barcelona.)
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If you believe your building has unlicensed tourist-use flats or you believe you may be staying in one of them...
Let us know
Barcelona offers an extensive range of tourist accommodation so everyone visiting the city can enjoy their stay here like any other local, integrated into the daily dynamics of city and the neighbours they share an essential communal space with. Living together in such accommodation implies a series of rights and duties that need to be clear when rental contracts are signed. Enjoying a travel experience which is personally rewarding, as well as respectful to the local population, also depends on the visitors themselves.
Unfortunately, for all its legal accommodation available, Barcelona also has a range of illegal accommodation that harms not just the people who rent it - depriving them of their right to complain about any incidents and denying them the supplementary services they are otherwise entitled to - but also the city itself, as it creates speculation and illicit economies and its activities leave nothing positive for local neighbours, causing nuisance and complaints.
If you are visiting Barcelona, we need your commitment and cooperation to prevent the proliferation of this illicit economy in our city and the irresponsible, economically unsustainable and environmentally unfriendly tourism it encourages.
Make sure your flat is licensed before you rent it and if it isn't, turn it down and help us to fight fraud.
If you're a local resident inconvenienced by activities in tourist accommodation and you'd like to help us combat this phenomenon, it is now even easier to send us your complaint.
Resolve your queries
If a flat is to be sealed off while tourists happen to be staying there, the City Council will find them alternative accommodation at no charge. The City Council will then pass on the related costs to the owner of the unlicensed flat.
Legal tourist-use flats | Illegal tourist-use flats | |
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Guarantee a 24 hour telephone support service To deal with complaints and resolve potential problems |
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Guarantee the contribution of corresponding taxes to make the city better for everyone. | ||
Contribute to gentrification and drive local residents out of their homes in areas with the most tourists. | ||
You run the risk of municipal inspectors expelling occupants from the home in order to seal it off due to illegal activity. | ||
Mean greater control of those staying overnight in the city. Legal tourist-use flats detail who is staying in them, making those details available to the authorities and helping to avoid those wanted by the police from entering or staying in the country. |
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