Prague Asks the Chamber of Deputies to Regulate Airbnb-Type Accommodation

Prague residents suffer from overflowing tourism and, above all, uncontrolled short-term accommodation of tourists in ordinary apartment buildings, especially in the city center. On Thursday evening, the representatives of the capital city of Prague agreed on this and approved a call to the Chamber of Deputies for regulation.

New weapons, new offensive. There had been the 40% increase in the housing tax on secondary residences, on 1 January 2024; then, as Jean Leonetti recalled, on Friday 23 May, at the municipal council, "the residence tax has increased to a maximum [to 5%, on 1 January dernie

Interest in short-term rentals via the Airbnb platform is skyrocketing again after the Covid break. The tourist-attractive accommodation offer is overwhelmingly concentrated in the historic center of Prague, where monthly revenues for providing the service can exceed 100 thousand crowns, which far exceeds the usual revenues from long-term apartment rentals. However, representatives of the capital city are concerned that the overgrown Airbnb is b…

All parties in the municipal council agree that short-term rental of homes in Tromsø creates problems. But there is far from agreement on how the problems should be solved.