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Lisbon bans new AL licences in 19 neighbourhoods
Reading Time: 2 minutesPortugal: Lisbon has implemented a ban on new local accommodation [alojamento local] short-term rental licences across 19 neighbourhoods and eight parishes.
One-year ban on new STR registrations starts in Athens
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreece: A one-year ban on new short-term rental registrations has come into force in Athens as the Greek authorities bid to address a housing shortage and perceived overtourism.
New STR licences to be banned in Athens districts in 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreece: The Greek government has announced a ban on new short-term rental licences in three central Athens districts from 1 January 2025 for at least 12 months.
Pamplona bans new licences for tourist apartments
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Pamplona, the capital of Navarre province in northern Spain, is following the lead of other cities across Spain by refusing to grant new licences for tourist apartments in its old town.
Water supply set to be cut to illegal rentals in Seville
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpain: The office of the mayor of Seville has announced plans to cut off the water supply to short-term rentals in the city that are being illegally rented out by property owners to tourists.
Barcelona set to introduce holiday rental ban by late 2028
Reading Time: 4 minutesSpain: Barcelona is set to introduce a ban on all short-term rentals for tourists in the city by late 2028, according to mayor Jaume Collboni of the leftist Socialists’ Party of Catalonia.
Regional government plots stricter rental controls in Valencia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: The regional government in Valencia plans to implement stricter controls on short-term rentals in the region this summer by banning licences for properties after they have been sold.
Iceland takes steps to regulate short-term rental market
Reading Time: 2 minutesIceland: Iceland is taking steps to further regulate its national short-term rental market after a new law was passed in Parliament this week.
Madrid suspends granting of new holiday rental licences until 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Madrid City Council has announced a temporary suspension on granting new holiday rental licences in the capital with immediate effect – a suspension which looks likely to hold until 2025.
Holiday homes policy updated to drive agri-tourism in Abu Dhabi
Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: Owners of farmhouses, caravans and RVs will now be able to obtain licences to transform their properties into holiday homes, as part of fresh amendments to the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi’s [DCT Abu Dhabi] holiday homes policy.