This is needed so badly. I really hope this moves as quickly as the article suggests.
How about making tax on rental income lower on long-term lets than short term? Where I live there is nowhere for families to rent but an abundance of airbnbs, mostly empty for winter but pulling in big money all summer. Maybe incentivising long-term lets would help to encourage a move away from that
Only moving now cause the shinners are bringing a private members bill to deal with airbnb.
Is this really going to be helpful, though? As even the article points out, there are already significant restrictions on short-term lets that simply aren’t being enforced (probably due to a lack of staff on the councils to do the necessary work). Adding more restrictions without also doing something to significantly improve enforcement isn’t going to have any real effect.
It will have no effect on renting, and will just mean that we continue to holiday abroad rather than at home. There’s no aparthotels in Ireland, and hotels with a normal size family are shite, Airbnb are the only way we would holiday at home. Don’t cry for me Argentina, its not a loss, but Airbnb is popular for a reason and brings a lot of people who otherwise wouldn’t holiday as much into areas that appreciate the spending.
Should be a temporary ban altogether, unless they have the correct planning.
Can’t see why an outright ban on entire places for more than say 1 month a year isn’t reasonable at least till we can downgrade this housing emergency to a crisis and get some capacity in the private rental market.
At this point it’s beyond a joke in so many rural areas – people want to live and work there – there’s never been a better opportunity to repopulate the long maligned exodus from the countryside but are crowded out by the most selfish and destructive form of the rentier mentality.
If the government come down heavy this time, alot of these Airbnb apartments may be put up for sale, wouldn’t be a bad thing.
Nah that won’t work
Tourists look for different things in Airbnb’s some want three bedrooms, some just want a studio or rent a room in a family home, others want parking , nearby amenities etc, giving out licences won’t solve thoose issues.
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This is needed so badly. I really hope this moves as quickly as the article suggests.
How about making tax on rental income lower on long-term lets than short term? Where I live there is nowhere for families to rent but an abundance of airbnbs, mostly empty for winter but pulling in big money all summer. Maybe incentivising long-term lets would help to encourage a move away from that
Only moving now cause the shinners are bringing a private members bill to deal with airbnb.
Is this really going to be helpful, though? As even the article points out, there are already significant restrictions on short-term lets that simply aren’t being enforced (probably due to a lack of staff on the councils to do the necessary work). Adding more restrictions without also doing something to significantly improve enforcement isn’t going to have any real effect.
It will have no effect on renting, and will just mean that we continue to holiday abroad rather than at home. There’s no aparthotels in Ireland, and hotels with a normal size family are shite, Airbnb are the only way we would holiday at home. Don’t cry for me Argentina, its not a loss, but Airbnb is popular for a reason and brings a lot of people who otherwise wouldn’t holiday as much into areas that appreciate the spending.
Should be a temporary ban altogether, unless they have the correct planning.
Can’t see why an outright ban on entire places for more than say 1 month a year isn’t reasonable at least till we can downgrade this housing emergency to a crisis and get some capacity in the private rental market.
At this point it’s beyond a joke in so many rural areas – people want to live and work there – there’s never been a better opportunity to repopulate the long maligned exodus from the countryside but are crowded out by the most selfish and destructive form of the rentier mentality.
If the government come down heavy this time, alot of these Airbnb apartments may be put up for sale, wouldn’t be a bad thing.
Nah that won’t work
Tourists look for different things in Airbnb’s some want three bedrooms, some just want a studio or rent a room in a family home, others want parking , nearby amenities etc, giving out licences won’t solve thoose issues.