Barcelona City Council has fined the landlords and letting agent renting out a flat €45,000 for refusing to rent it to a Moroccan man. This is the first fine imposed by a City Council for direct discrimination due to racism, a very serious infraction of regulations. The City Council was able to verify that although there was a person interested in renting the flat, the landlords refused to rent it to him because of his origin. Previously, however, there is a similar case in which the consistory has intervened before an advertisement of a flat that was offered only to Spaniards.