The Consumer Protection Agency has ordered Airbnb to block more than 65,000 illegal vacation rental listings.

The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs, and the 2030 Agenda has ordered Airbnb to remove a total of 65,935 listings , considering them illegal for violating regulations governing the advertising of this type of tourist accommodation. Specifically, the regulations of the various autonomous communities where the Consumer Affairs Department has detected these listings are violated. In all cases, the listings are for entire tourist accommodations; no listings for individual rooms appear.

In recent months, the Ministry headed by Pablo Bustinduy has sent Airbnb three resolutions notifying it of more than 65,000 illegal tourist accommodation listings detected on its platform, ordering the company to block these ads. Airbnb appealed this action to the courts to avoid the block, and now the High Court of Justice of Madrid has ruled on the first resolution, issuing an order endorsing the Consumer Affairs Ministry's actions. In response to the Ministry's initial ruling, the High Court is urging Airbnb to immediately remove 5,800 tourist apartment listings . These listings are located in the regions of Andalusia, the Community of Madrid, Catalonia, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, and the Basque Country.

The ministry argues that the 65,935 advertisements do not include license or registration numbers. "This is mandatory in several regional regulations and represents the most common violation in the advertising analyzed." Furthermore, they do not indicate the legal status of the landlords. "That is, they do not indicate whether the landlords are professionals or individuals, a crucial factor in determining whether the person making the contract is protected as a consumer." And finally, the advertisements include license numbers that do not correspond to those issued by the authorities. "This practice can mislead or deceive consumers."