Towards a more sustainable, fair and trusted tourism ecosystem: UIPI’s Position on EC short-term rental initiative Short-term accommodation rental (‘STR’) is a fast-growing sector that creates opportunities for businesses and citizens. Yet, these new opportunities are not without effect on the local housing market, direct neighbourhood, local communities and co-owners.…
Towards an Affordable Rental Housing in Europe: The IMF’s view A new IMF study, published this month, looks at the reasons for the increased affordability issue in the rental sector and the impacts of the pandemic, proposing policy options to make rental more affordable. According to the study, rental has become less affordable in many European countries. A typical…
Student Accommodation in times of Covid-19: Need for Resilience, Flexibility and Communication The European student accommodation market has grown significantly in the past decade following the swift increase of university students in Europe. According to Eurostat, in 2018, there were 17.5 million full-time students in the EU (and 2.5 million in the…
Berlin’s rent cap ruled unconstitutional Yesterday, 15 April 2021, one year after its entry into force, the Berlin Rent Cap Act (Mietendeckel) was ruled to be unconstitutional by the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht). This decision from the German highest court follows a major complaint from 284 members of the German Bundestag from the liberal and conservative parties which questioned the competence of the…
