Let’s not be naive.
During my years in Spain I have known lots of people who let and lots who have rented.
Practically nobody renting from a private owner, and many going through agencies, have had a legal contract. Albeit that they may have an informal written agreement between the renter and the owner. Most owner do not even know that agreements need to be registered to be legal.
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John, my landlady does not want to give me the Empadronamiento because she is clearly not paying her taxes (hence why I don't have a rental contract). I have a Numero de Indentificación de Extranjero (NIE). Different from Residencia.
You are working in Spain thus you are living here, that means you are required to be registered on EU Citizens Register. So don’t complain too much about your landlady not being legal You are not either.
And now you want to register on the Padron as a person living in Spain !
There is no link or exchange of information between the town hall and the tax office, so that is not a problem for your landlady.
It is not your landlady who ‘gives you the Padron’ it is the town hall who put you on the Padron (the register of people living in the town). You do not need any intervention your landlady to register on the Padron. Just to be able to prove you live in town.
This message was last edited by johnzx on 28/09/2016.