Next year there is at least 1 revolution in the short-term rental market. Any place rented for 24 hours will should be registered. Without a peculiar number, the owner will not be able to print ads on popular websites specified as Booking or Airbnb.
The Union requires that the applicable provisions in all associate States be introduced by 20 May 2026. Then the age of making money on tourists will end without paying taxes. In Poland, specified a grey area accounts for about 35 percent of the market. For circumventing regulations and hiring "black" will be 50 1000 PLN penalty. These are not the only changes that are being made in the Sejm.
What does the Polish 2050 bill assume? Neighbours may not agree to short-term rental
Poland 2050 reminded that the government had already promised 5 years ago regulations governing the short-term lease market, but nothing changed in this matter. Meanwhile, "in many residential buildings operate in the practice of 'mini-hotels', which generates neighbourhood conflicts, lowers safety and affects housing prices".
Therefore, the organization of Szymon Hołownia submitted a bill in the Sejm, which assumes that short-term rental in multi-family buildings will require the approval of the community or housing cooperative. The neighbours will thus be able to block the business activity of the owner of the flat if, for example, they consider that tourists are disrupting the order or threatening security.
The fresh rules besides introduce (in the end) a definition of short-term rental as a service provided for a period of not more than 30 days. Local governments will be able to lay down detailed rental rules themselves, and even introduce a complete ban on specified activities in certain areas of the municipality.
The task (the full can be downloaded from the Sejm website and read easily) besides provides for time limits for people who rent their own apartment. If they live permanently in a place, they will be able to make it available to tourists for a maximum of 3 months a year.
The project's authors believe that housing should be "a place to live for people, not a space for uncontrolled business. Like in government plans, a fine of up to PLN 50 1000 will be threatened here too. However, the task would should be voted in the Sejm and signed by the President.
Experts are informing you this could end badly. Not just for overnight housing
One could anticipate that people engaged in professional short-term rental would look at the Polish 2050 proposal. However, Ewa Wielkigórska, president of the Board of Fairy Flats, shared constructive criticism of the fresh idea.
He believes that the task is simply a possible "legal buffer" which may violate constitutional property rights. She recalled that "The ultimate Court already in 2021 clearly indicated that the community does not have the competence to restrict the usage of the premises by the owner, in addition to the management of part of the common property".
The expert points out that giving specified power to housing communities can besides be dangerous for another businesses. If the neighbors can ban day-to-day rental, according to the constitutional rule of equality, another activities in blocks may besides be threatened.
"This means a real hazard for thousands of doctors, dentists, cosmetology, notarial offices, foundations or associations who present legally operate in residential premises and make much more traffic from outside than the average short-term lease," admits Ewa Wiegórska.
Hotel prices will double? They won't have competition.
The most noticeable effect of these regulations (and I fishy that besides those concerning housing registration) for the average Pole will, however, be at the prices of another accommodation.
New restrictions will reduce the number of housing, homes and rooms per day, but request will proceed to stay the same. In accordance with basic economical laws, this will lead to price increases in hotels (and so hoteliers are surely in favour of the project).
However, the expert not only criticizes the Polish 2050 project. It besides agrees that the marketplace needs to be orderly. However, it is in favour of introducing a central and mandatory registry of premises (i.e. what the EU requires) and equal and constitutional rules for all alternatively than shifting decisions into communities.
