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EU legislation moves step closer after policymakers give green light
Reading Time: 4 minutesEurope: European policymakers have given the green light to proposals to regulate short-term rental platform activity across the bloc, while ensuring that the rules on hosting are simple to understand and implement and proportionate within EU law.
Ministers plot short-term rental legislation in Türkiye
Reading Time: 2 minutesTürkiye: Ministers in Türkiye are planning to introduce tighter regulation for the country’s short-term rental industry, in a bid to ensure equality in competition with hotels and other accommodation providers.
Berlin to start tracking Airbnb listings
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGermany: Commencing March 2023, Airbnb has announced that hosts located in Berlin will require a property registration number for long-term lets. Since 2018, Berlin has required Airbnb hosts to display a registration number on listings advertised on the platform. The same rule also applies for hosts who let more than half of their property. Around […]
Beijing bans vacation rentals close to Forbidden City
Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina: Beijing city authorities have banned ban vacation rental lettings in neighbourhoods near the Forbidden City due to “security concerns”. The city said the new directive, which also places stricter controls on rentals in other parts of the capital, is part of a move to tighten control of short-term apartment rentals across the city and […]
Scottish accommodation industry criticises planned regulations
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Multiple members of Scotland’s holiday home and self-catering accommodation industry have voiced their opposition to new proposed regulations from the Scottish government in a letter. The government is currently carrying out its final stage of consultations before implementing an overhaul of short-term rentals law. Scotland proposed new regulations on the industry this January, primarily […]
CJEU sides with cities on short-term rental crackdowns
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: The Court of Justice of the European Union [ CJEU ] in Luxembourg has ruled in favour of municipalities looking to limit the impact of short-term rentals in their communities today. The case upheld French laws which maintain that property owners should declare the renting of any second homes to city authorities. Short-term rental […]
Atlantic City hikes short-term rental fees
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Senior has announced a series of new measures designed to regulate short-term rentals in the New Jersey city. According to Small, the measures could bring $1.2 million in revenue for the city from various additional fines. The mayor noted that his office had received a significant number of […]
European city mayors call for EU to tighten rental platform regulation
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: The mayors of of 22 European cities have added their voices to calls for the European Union to improve its regulation of short-term holiday rental platforms by issuing three key demands. Those mayors have called on the EU to establish a new legislative framework that will update the e-Commerce Directive of 2000 on the […]
Florida short-term rental regulation slows down
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Both houses of the Florida legislature are currently considering placing restrictions on short-term letting. The senate bill, SB 1128, currently sits in committee and may stay there due to a lack of significant support. Sponsor Manny Diaz said to Tampa Bay Business Journal: “This is kind of the time in session where you don’t […]
Western Australia moves to regulate short-term lets
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: The government of Western Australia recently received a list of ten suggestions for how to regulate short-term rentals. This follows a parliamentary inquiry on the sector, which produced a data report pertaining to the future of short-term lets. This inquiry recommended a flexible, low-cost, and user-friendly registration system for short-term rental providers with the […]