The plot of the tourist rentals sublet 27 floors.

The City Council has opened 32 disciplinary proceedings against this group: each can carry fines of up to 600,000 euros.

Barcelona City Council follows closely the movements of an organized group that, according to numerous small owners, rent houses and then re-rent them for days to tourists. Numerous private owners denounced in La Vanguardia that they are victims of defaults and abuses, which feel completely helpless.

27 floor flat plotted tourist rentals

Municipal sources detailed yesterday that, according to indications collected by the direction of inspection services of the City Council, this plot could lease at least 27 properties in the city and that alleged subleases practiced triggered 38 records. Of all of them up to 32 derived in sanctioning procedures that at the moment the Consistory keeps open. Each of these procedures can result in fines of between 60,000 and 600,000 euros. The Tax Agency also participates in the investigations, as well as the National Police, the Mossos d'Esquadra and the Guardia Urbana, since this type of infractions are usually related to money laundering.

The City Council sources add that the group may have already abandoned some of the floors of this list, that the movement and the bustle is continuous. "At the request of the City Council about 70 ads linked to this group were taken off the web". The researchers point out that some floors are advertised in different ways and that others, on the other hand, are not publicized: this organization uses them when they have a problem with another house, when they suddenly need to relocate their clients.

Sources of Airbnb explained that, after having knowledge of what was happening, yesterday, they removed from their platform the hosts that could be involved in this plot and all the ads that were posted. "Since June 2018, - the portal sources abound - Airbnb has been working together with the City Council to eliminate illegal commercial operators and ensure that ordinary people can share their home. Since February 2017, Airbnb has withdrawn more than 5,000 illegal commercial units. "

The technicians of the Consistory also explain that this is probably the most active group of multiinfractors in the city, but not the only one. The category of multiinfractors is also made up of 17 other groups or individuals. Some of them also realk for days private homes and others manage a considerable number of illegal tourist flats. These multiinfractors operate or operate through 222 properties. The municipal sources add that these activities gave rise to 327 cases that triggered 315 sanctioning procedures that are still open. The researchers add that the City Council managed to have around 500 ads disappearing from the internet that facilitated the activities of these multi-recidivists.

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