The platform of accommodations, Airbnb announced on Thursday that it would limit to 90 days per year, the rents of apartments in London that do not have a specific license to put them on the market for more time.
from The spring of 2017, the company will begin to apply a policy that you want to avoid the touristic rentals aggravate the housing crisis in the british capital, to achieve the market rents in the long term.
“we Want to be good partners of London, to continue leading our industry and ensure that the real estate industry shared grows in a sustainable and responsible manner,” said the company in a statement.
property owners who rent their apartments for more than 90 days per year in the british capital already must ask for a special permission, although until now the u.s. firm does not count with the mechanisms to enforce compliance with this limit.
The announcement takes place a month after the City of London invited decision makers of the Airbnb to a meeting in order to address the legislation on rents in the short term.
The labour Tom Copley, spokesman of the consistory, gave a warm welcome to ad. “We talked with Airbnb and we were listened to”, signed.
“we Know that there are owners professionals who have abused of the sites rent for a few days,” said Copley, to whom some of these owners have turned their houses into hotels without a license”.
“it Is fantastic that Airbnb has responded to our concerns. This step should help ensure that London takes advantage of the economic benefits of the tourism created by Airbnb without putting pressure on our park properties,” he said.
According to its latest figures, the Airbnb showed an increase of 85% of users in the United Kingdom between June and August, up to 1.6 million guests, compared to 860 thousand during the same period of the previous year.
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