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Pedro Sanchez set to ban Brits from buying second homes in Spain (www.thenational.scot)

submitted 5 months ago by MashedHobbits@lemy.lol to c/world@quokk.au

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The announcement to prevent people outside the EU from buying housing in Spain unless they reside in the country follows his proposal last week to put a tax of up to 100% on such property deals.

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[–] WrittenInRed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

I'm all for this, obviously the housing crisis is caused by a bunch of factors but really no one should own a second home until everyone has a first. Providing more free/affordable (and actually high quality) housing is also important, but preventing people who don't actually live somewhere from buying a house that will sit empty or be rented out to tourists for a majority of the year is a good thing and seems like a great starting point to try and tackle the airbnb problem specifically.