EU Lawmaker Wants Housing Rules to Tackle Short-Term Rentals

A European Union policymaker tasked with developing its first affordable housing plan said it should contain rules to deal with the proliferation of short-term rentals, characterizing them as a "huge problem."

“The upcoming housing plan will cover areas where it is indeed very clear that [housing] is a European competence and where we have failed to deliver so far … One of those areas is short-term rentals, where we do need more European rules,” said Dan Jorgensen, a Social Democrat from Denmark.

Jorgensen, who m