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EU Unveils First Europe-Wide Affordable Housing Plan With Short‑Term Rental Curbs

Critics say the largely voluntary package lacks binding rules, falling short of the scale of the housing crisis.

Des drapeaux de l'Union européenne à Bruxelles, le 18 décembre 2024
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Des grues devant un chantier à Madrid, en Espagne, le 29 mars 2020
L'exécutif européen prévoit de présenter une loi pour encadrer les locations de courte durée, du type Airbnb, notamment dans les grandes villes touristiques, où de nombreux habitants leur reprochent de contribuer à la flambée des loyers

Overview

  • The European Commission presented its first continent-wide plan to tackle housing, pairing EU actions with recommendations for national and local authorities.
  • Brussels will seek to revise state-aid rules to let governments fund a broader range of affordable homes beyond the lowest-income households.
  • A draft law to regulate short-term rentals such as Airbnb is planned, with options reported to include caps on the number of nights in tourist hotspots.
  • Measures to speed building include training to address labor shortages, simpler permits and common standards, with the Commission estimating Europe needs over two million homes a year and could mobilize up to €375 billion by 2029.
  • The package orders an EU analysis of real-estate speculation, and reports point to €5 billion per year earmarked for affordable housing as critics fault the plan’s nonbinding tools and limited funding compared with local officials’ requests.