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The

Barcelona

City Council

has for the first time fined the owner of a flat

that had set a rental price above what is set by the Catalan law that regulates the previous rental.

Specifically, the property asked tenants for

1,200 euros per month, when the previous contract was for 950 euros

, as advanced by

'Tot Barcelona'

and confirmed by municipal sources and the Llogaters Union.

According to current regulations, if there was already a contract in the last five years,

the amount of the new one must be frozen

.

One of the tenants who lives in the property discovered last January that the owner did not comply with the law, since he

did not inform them of the price of the previous contract

, lower than the current one.

According to the tenant, when he discovered the situation, he

tried to negotiate with the property to sign a new contract with the previous price

of 950 euros, but he assures that the request was not heard and that he decided to file a complaint through the City Council, which has proved right.

This breach

can be punished with a fine ranging from 9,000 euros to 90,000

, and the City Council, which is the one that has fined, has decided to sanction with the minimum amount, as confirmed by municipal sources to Europa Press.

The Llogaters Union has explained in a statement that

"the landlord had put the contract in his name, when the property was actually a legal entity

.

"

"The tenants had to negotiate the return of the 1,600 euros of fees, since according to decree 7/2019 the fees must be paid by the landlords when the property belongs to a legal person," added the Sindicat de Llogaters.

The property

has returned the money to the tenants but has appealed the penalty

imposed by the City Council.

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