Frequently asked questions
We answer the most common questions about ViA and about renting out rooms in your home.
What is ViA?
ViA stands for Associació de Veïns i Amfitrions de Catalunya (Neighbours and Hosts) and brings together people in Barcelona and Catalonia who rent out rooms in their usual home, where they are registered and permanently and demonstrably resident. You can find out more about us on the About us page.
What does ViA do?
- Building a community: ViA has created, and provides legal and technical support to, the first real community of organised, self-employed hosts in Spain who use online home-sharing platforms.
- Legal and tax advice: ViA provides legal, tax and technical advice to its members, as well as free workshops and informative talks on relevant topics such as the sharing economy, cooperativism, taxation, the regulatory situation and legal matters, among others.
- Institutional recognition: ViA was a member of the "Consell de Turisme i Ciutat de Barcelona", Barcelona City Council's consultative and participatory body on tourism, between 2017 and 2021, actively working within its Special Commission on Tourist Accommodation. In 2015 it spoke before the Parliament of Catalonia's Committee for the Study of the Sharing Economy, and in 2017 it actively took part in the Catalan Government's Interdepartmental Panel for the Study and Regulation of the Sharing Economy.
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Legal and tax advice, information and ongoing training, and a community of hosts to support you.