EU Lawmaker Wants Housing Rules to Tackle Short-Term Rentals
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Member states of the European Union have little in the way of coordinated short-term rental policies other than a data-sharing pact. It's premature to predict whether a proposed affordable housing plan will have any answers.
A European Union policymaker tasked with developing its first affordable housing plan said it should contain rules to deal with the proliferation of short-term rentals, characterizing them as a "huge problem."
“The upcoming housing plan will cover areas where it is indeed very clear that [housing] is a European competence and where we have failed to deliver so far … One of those areas is short-term rentals, where we do need more European rules,” said Dan Jorgensen, a Social Democrat from Denmark.
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