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  Where Is Airbnb Banned or Restricted in 2026? City-by-City Rules for Travelers and Property Investors Updated October 7, 2026 Buying an apartment in a tourist city and turning it into a short-term rental once looked like one of the simplest property-investment strategies in the world. In 2026, that assumption can be expensive. New York severely restricts whole-home stays shorter than 30 days. Budapest’s District VI has reduced the legal number of private short-term rental days to zero . Athens has frozen new registrations across its first three municipal districts through the end of 2026. Paris limits tourist letting of a primary residence to 90 days a year. Amsterdam has cut the annual allowance to only 15 nights in some central neighbourhoods and, just this week, proposed extending that tighter limit to another area. Barcelona is going further: the city intends not to renew its 10,101 existing tourist-flat licences when they expire in 2028 . At the same time, a new European Uni...

  New York Rent Algorithm Ban Blocked: What the RealPage Ruling Means for Renters and Landlords New York | October 1, 2026 A federal judge has temporarily blocked New York from enforcing a landmark state law aimed at preventing landlords and property managers from using algorithmic pricing tools to coordinate residential rents. The ruling is a major development in the growing debate over whether software and artificial intelligence can legally influence the price people pay for housing. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni granted a preliminary injunction in favour of RealPage, the Texas-based property-management software company that challenged the law on constitutional grounds. The decision does not permanently strike down New York's law. Instead, it prevents enforcement while the lawsuit continues, after the judge concluded that RealPage was sufficiently likely—at this stage—to succeed on its argument that parts of the legislation may violate the First Amendment. For renters an...