Jaume Collboni, mayor of Barcelona, is taking local concerns about tourism's impact on the city's shortage of housing and rising rents seriously, as he announced on Friday that the city will enact a citywide ban on short-term rentals, effectively banning Airbnb and similar companies from operating in Barcelona. — Read the rest
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