Airbnb and Co. How the City of Vienna Wants to Close the Loopholes
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Mayor Michael Ludwig presents the measures of the city, with which more apartments for living are to be secured from January 2027.
For short-term rentals, a kind of "number plate" for apartments will be necessary in the future. Also, the reassignment of apartments in accommodation facilities will be significantly more difficult.
Vienna's mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) says the fight to platforms like Airbnb and Co.. Further tightenings in the short-term rental are fixed: New is about a register and less reassignments. They are to protect the housing from speculation.
The rules for short-term rentals via AirBnB and similar platforms will be further tightened in Vienna, as they are now saying. The penalties that threaten to be met in the event of non-compliance? Up to 50,000 euros.
Vienna makes it even more difficult to rent apartments for tourist purposes: from 2027 a registration obligation applies in the German capital.
City takes steps in the right direction – enforcement decisively – for affordable housing, the federal government must reform the rental law. The tenant association welcomes the plan of the city of Vienna to tighten the rules for tourist short-term rental. Anyone who rents an apartment on platforms for a short period of time to guests must register in the future. Also conversions of housing in accommodation [...] The contribution Tenant associat…
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