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		icebraining on March 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Em... The historical minimum seems to check out, only 1.52% of houses are empty (13k compared to 80k in 2011): https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3299445/0/barcelona-detecta... Also, less than 500 in 237657 were illegal touristic lodgings, so it seems Airbnb and such can't be blamed either.

jnty on March 19, 2019 [–]

Short-term lets don't have to contravene current regulations to cause a residential housing crisis.

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