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Malaga approves three-year ban on hotels and tourist apartment blocks on residential land
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Malaga City Council has approved a three-year moratorium on new hotels, tourist apartment blocks and other tourist accommodation developments on residential land, marking the latest step in the city’s efforts to address housing pressures linked to tourism.
Airbnb and UK councils launch data-sharing initiative to tackle illegal social housing sublets
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Airbnb is sharing listing data with local authorities across England as part of a government-backed initiative to identify the illegal short-term letting of social housing.
Malaga expands restrictions on new tourist accommodation developments
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Malaga City Council has approved further planning restrictions on tourist accommodation, requiring all new hotels, hostels, tourist apartments and short-term rentals proposed on residential land to undergo a full planning modification process.
US cities collect $935m in short-term rental taxes, fees and fines, report finds
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Local governments across the United States have collected more than $935 million in taxes, registration fees and enforcement fines from short-term rentals since 2019, according to a new analysis by government transparency organisation OpenTheBooks.
Ireland to ban new rural homes from being used as short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: The Irish government is proposing new planning rules that would prevent newly built one-off rural homes from being used as short-term rentals for at least 10 years after construction.
Stricter STR ordinance takes effect in Santa Barbara
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Santa Barbara is moving closer to introducing stricter regulations for short-term rentals after the city’s Ordinance Committee voted to send a new proposal to the city council for consideration.
Cape Town considers new regulations for short-term rental market
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSouth Africa: Cape Town authorities are now considering stricter rules for short-term rentals as they look for better ways to manage the growing market and hold operators more accountable.
Cleveland approves short-term rental crackdown after years of debate
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Cleveland has approved a new set of regulations for short-term rentals, introducing licensing requirements and density limits that could force some properties to stop operating.
London wrestles with breaches of 90-night rule
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Westminster City Council is investigating 2,712 properties under its jurisdiction for illegal short-term letting (as of 30 March 2026).
Texas city considers implementing hotel tax for short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: The city council of Victoria, Texas, is mulling a proposal to require privately-owned short-term rentals (STR) to pay the same tax as hotels.