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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 […]
Airbnb to be the first target of digital tax regulations from Poland
Reading Time: 2 minutesPoland: Tadeuz Koscinski, the newly instated Polish finance minister, announced today plans to implement tax on Airbnb operators in Poland. The latest in plans by European leaders to understand and regulate Airbnb, FT reports that Koscinski seeks to tax not only operators, but the company itself. “If we’re going to be making sure that anyone […]
Denver building leased by Sonder sold for reported $6.25m
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: A Denver building leased by hospitality start up Sonder has been sold for three times its initial purchase price. Run as The Essex Hotel by Sonder, the former hotel building is noted to be the first Airbnb-hotel hybrid of its kind. The building, which was first purchased by a Denver based property firm GM […]
Government announces rental law reform in Scotland
Reading Time: 2 minutesScotland: The Scottish government today announced its intention to place a comprehensive set of regulations on the short-term lets market in Scotland. Scottish housing minister Kevin Stewart noted: “We are empowering local authorities to implement a system that works for their area. By giving councils the power to set conditions around short-term lets licences and […]
Prague residents call for increased regulation of short-term rental services
Reading Time: 3 minutesPrague: Prague may have become Europe’s fifth favourite tourist destination but its residents are petitioning for increased regulation of Airbnb in the city. They blame services like Airbnb for fuelling a 50 per cent jump in property values since 2013 and have called for the local government to raise taxes, tighten rules and limit the […]