Short-Term Rental
The Supreme Court of Justice has revoked a decision by the Court of Appeal, which enabled the Tenants’ Assembly to prohibit the local lodging activity, if the building in case was originally licensed for permanent housing. The Court of Appeal had considered that the local lodging activity was incompatible with the permanent housing purpose, for which the building had been licensed.
The Supreme Court, on the other hand, decided to rule in favor of a tenant/ owner who wished to rent her property to tourists for short periods of time, stating that “the fact that the rental is a commercial act does not make the fraction a commercial one, as the rental is destined to housing”.
