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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 […]
Report: The European Vacation Rental Survey 2018 key points
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Transparent has revealed its findings from the responses of over 500 European property managers between April and August in the European Vacation Rental Survey 2018. Its purpose was to provide a breakdown of all the activity of property management in Europe. The report was co-authored by the Spanish-based specialised data intelligence company for the […]
Australian Hotels Association (AHA) proposes plan to regulate Airbnb
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) has proposed a five-point plan to regulate, license and control the home-sharing sector in its latest effort to combat the impact by Airbnb. The plan includes the requirement that restricts home-sharing to an owner’s primary residence and bans whole properties from being listed as home-sharing accommodation for less than […]
Vacation rental decision goes to the voters in South Portland
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: After a year of debate over how to best govern vacation rentals in South Portland, Maine, the city council will let voters have the final say. That decision comes after two council attempts at creating rules for short-term rental units were rejected by citizens petitions. Residents will now have the option of voting to […]
Prague district fights back against shared accommodation services
Reading Time: 2 minutesCzech Republic: Councillors in a district of Prague have launched a petition calling for tougher regulation of shared accommodation services such as Airbnb. Those launching the campaign in city centre district, Prague 1, say private home-sharing has turned into a regular business but is not subject to the same strict regulation as is the case […]