Amsterdam will limit the date of delivery of housing through Airbnb to 30 days per year

The City Council of Amsterdam has decided to halve the maximum possible period of rental housing through Airbnb and similar services. Starting in 2019, residents will be able to rent houses and apartments for no more than 30 nights a year.
- Write TechCrunch and DutchNews.

Now the owners of housing in Amsterdam can rent it to tourists for a total of 60 nights a year. At a time, they can accommodate no more than four people. In 2016, the authorities of Amsterdam and Airbnb concluded an agreement under which the service undertook to provide all residents of the city with an opportunity to complain about tenants who violate public order: for example, make noise at a later time of the day.

Reducing the maximum lease period will reduce the problems caused by large tourist flows in some areas, explained the decision of the city council one of the aldermen Lawrence Evans.

"Restricting the rights of ordinary people to share their homes can cost the local economy € 43 million," Koning warned, without specifying what period is being discussed. She added that a typical Amsterdam landlord earns about € 4,000 a year with Airbnb, renting their homes on average no more than three days a month.