Valencia to put a limit on the number of citywide holiday homes
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“The Spanish city is moving to limit holiday accommodations amid local ‘touristflation’ woes in a country that has seen large-scale anti-tourism demonstrations.”
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“Officials in Valencia have signed off on new rules to clamp down on the number of holiday homes across the city.”
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“The latest regulations, announced this week by the City Council of Valencia, stipulate that holiday homes and apartments cannot exceed more than 2% of the total housing stock in each of the city's neighbourhoods and districts.”
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“Mayor María José Catalá said her city was the first in Spain to impose a limit on holiday accommodations.”
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“Valencia, along with other Spanish cities like Barcelona, have seen large-scale demonstrations in recent years, as protesters recoil overcrowded city centres and strains on the housing market amid rising tourist numbers – otherwise dubbed ‘touristflation’.”
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“The new regulations were approved during a council plenary session as amendments to Valencia’s urban planning standards.”
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“Mayor Catalá said that Valencia is 'a residential city, where homes are for the residents', and that the new regulations would ensure that 98% of homes would be built for residential use.”
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— The murder of Jesse Valencia occurred on June 5, 2004, at the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, US. Columbia police officer, Steven Rios, was convicted of Valencia's murder in Septembe…
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— Valencia, officially València, is the capital of the Valencian Community and the province of the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula…
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— Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (Spanish: [baˈlenθja ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol]; Valencian: València Club de Futbol [vaˈlensi.a ˈklub de fubˈbɔl]), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is …
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“The amendments also state that the total number of tourist accommodations, whether in hotels, apartments, or vacation rentals, can never exceed the equivalent of 8% of the registered residents in each neighbourhood and district of the city, and a maximum of 15% of any type of holiday accommodation will be permitted on ground floors of units within residential areas.”
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— The murder of Jesse Valencia occurred on June 5, 2004, at the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, US. Columbia police officer, Steven Rios, was convicted of Valencia's murder in Septembe…
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— Valencia, officially València, is the capital of the Valencian Community and the province of the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula…
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— Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (Spanish: [baˈlenθja ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol]; Valencian: València Club de Futbol [vaˈlensi.a ˈklub de fubˈbɔl]), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is …
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“Francisco Guardeño, representative of the Federation of Neighborhood Associations of Valencia, said 'more than 9,000 tourist apartments [operate] illegally' in the city.”
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— The murder of Jesse Valencia occurred on June 5, 2004, at the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, US. Columbia police officer, Steven Rios, was convicted of Valencia's murder in Septembe…
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— Valencia, officially València, is the capital of the Valencian Community and the province of the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula…
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— Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (Spanish: [baˈlenθja ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol]; Valencian: València Club de Futbol [vaˈlensi.a ˈklub de fubˈbɔl]), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is …
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“The city’s main tourist accommodation sector, almost twice the number of hotel accommodations, operates in the shadows, and this is the problem that the proposal before us does not solve.”
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