The main objective of the measure is to end the legal loopholes that allowed owners to circumvent price caps in stressed areas, which currently cover 90% of the population. The proposal was approved with the favorable votes of the four promoting groups, while PP, Vox, and Aliança Catalana voted against it. Junts split its vote, rejecting the regulation of seasonal rentals.

The new regulation establishes that temporary contracts (between one and five years) will have the same price cap as long-term leases. Furthermore, to curb the coliving or room rental business, the sum of the price of each room cannot exceed the maximum cost of the entire flat set by the reference rental price index.

The approval follows a change in stance by the PSC, which had rejected a similar initiative a year and a half ago. The socialists, under pressure from their left-wing partners, have defended the necessity of this regulation, as expressed by their leader, Salvador Illa. The approval was delayed by one month due to the appeal filed by Junts and the PP before the Consell de Garanties Estatutàries.

This regulation is crucial in cities like Barcelona, where seasonal rentals have soared. During the fourth quarter of 2024, 26.3% of new leases signed in the Catalan capital were temporary, a typology that has been used for sharp practices and the rise of digital nomads, especially in neighborhoods like the Eixample.