🎯 STRisker: Bulletin - Wellington, New Zealand
Properties available for more than 60 days a year stand to pay nearly triple the standard residential rate as Airbnb pushes back on what it calls a "wholly disproportionate" multiplier
Topic
International
Includes news, events, and trends happening outside the U.S. that have global relevance.
Global Regulatory Notes (10)
Sydney, AU considers ban; Brazil STRs requires approval; Clarington, ON's MAT into force; Cobourg, ON considers zoning updates; East Kootenay, BC proposed STR density limits; Whitehorse, YT; England; Greece, Thessaloniki, GR; Jozsefvaros, HU; Malta; Amsterdam, NL; Highlands, SCT; READ MORE.
🎯 STRisker: Bulletin - Malta
Licensed STR operators must collect €1.50 per person per night starting Q3 2026 with a new per-stay cap and local council revenue share
🎯 STRisker: Bulletin - Turkey
The 1% accommodation tax rate is the relief effort's first concrete win; licensing requirements and VAT obligations stay put
🎯 STRisker: Bulletin - Sydney, Australia
A Greens-led motion triggers a formal investigation into vacancy-linked prohibitions across inner-city suburbs, putting pressure on NSW's state-level 180-day cap.
🎯 STRisker: Bulletin - Turks and Caicos Islands
As vacation rentals reshape the housing market, the government is overhauling registration rules, ramping up enforcement, and exploring designated STR zones across the islands.
Global Regulatory Notes (9)
Hobart, TAS' STR application fee hike; Whitsunday, QLD seeks input for STR amendments; Centre Wellington, ON approved 5% MAT; Guelph/Eramosa, ON examines amendment & licensing; Owen Sound, ON; Saanich, BC; Sarnia, ON; Athens, Greece; Italy; Vigo, Spain; Uzbekistan; Powys, Wales; READ MORE.
🎯 STRisker: Bulletin - Jamaica
Parliament approves GCT on Airbnb-style accommodations from April 2027, closing a longstanding gap with the hotel sector
🎯 STRisker: Bulletin - Jersey
A revised Tourism Order removes the physical standards that long boxed STR operators and alternative accommodation providers out of Jersey's formal registration framework
🎯 STRisker: Bulletin - Kelowna, Canada
The city becomes the first in British Columbia to opt out of the province's short-term rental restrictions; hosts in tourism-zoned buildings free to list non-principal residences starting June 1, 2026