Spain Built It First. Its Own Court Just Killed It.
pain built it first. Its own court just killed it.
Spain's Supreme Court has struck down the national short-term rental registry, the one Madrid built to be the first EU country to comply with Regulation 2024/1028.
The ruling is straightforward: the central government overstepped. Tourism is a regional power in Spain, and the state had no authority to run a parallel national system on top of registers the regions already controlled.
A few numbers worth sitting with:
→ ~111,000 homes had applications rejected under the system. Many may now relist, if they hold the right regional licence.
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