While Jorge Macri announces the team that will accompany him in his management in the Buenos aires city, Nestor Grindetti who will be his future Chief of Staff was consulted about what will happen with Airbnb and the temporary rentals in dollars and gave its first definition.
The mayor of Lanús stated that work must be done to regulate temporary rentals through platforms, without this implying an impediment.
“People who are involved in tourism have stated it. The issue of regulations is precisely what the State has to do. You have to do it in a reasonable way“, said in dialogue with Futurock who was a candidate for governor for the province of Buenos Aires of Patricia Bullrich.
Thus, on December 10, when the cousin of Mauricio Macri start a new management in the capital, who will occupy the position of Felipe Miguel, will take care of one of the biggest problems that the capital faces. “What needs to be done is to regulate it, thinking about the people and not the sector.“he added.
The use for tourist purposes with values in foreign currency led to fewer and fewer units being offered in the property market, in addition to driving an increase in prices that surpass that of traditional rentals.
Airbnb: how it is regulated in the world
In the rest of the world, the use of platforms like Airbnb is regulated: a law went into effect in New York in September that limits rentals for less than 30 days to a maximum of two tenants per unit and requires owners to register with the local authorities and to be present with the tenants throughout the duration of the rental.
In Argentina, a joint project drafted by the senator for Santa Cruz, Ana María Ianni (Unión por la Patria), and the senator for Mendoza, Mariana Juri (Together for Change), began to be discussed in August, which obtained an opinion and hopes treatment.
The initiative seeks to create a national property registry that are temporarily rented to tourists, aiming to give guarantees to both tenants and owners, preventing collection in dollars.
If approved, the platforms will request this data from the owners, who will provide it to the State through the new National Registry of Temporary Tourist Rental Housing.
In the case of the City, owners of temporary tourist rentals must register in a registry, according to a law approved in 2019, although Few owners comply with this obligation.
Source: Ambito
