08-03-2019, 05:29 PM
Sorry, but I am at a loss as to what this all means!
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Unofficial holiday lets can be fined up to € 300,000
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08-03-2019, 05:29 PM
Sorry, but I am at a loss as to what this all means!
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08-03-2019, 08:48 PM
What is the case where you own an apartment do NOT rent it out, just keep it for family use ?
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08-03-2019, 09:10 PM
Thanks Sam, I’m not really worried about equity as my plan is to retire to Caleta in a few years, meanwhile family and close friends will continue to use it.
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08-03-2019, 09:22 PM
Surely if this new ruling is so draconian it will/should be taken to the courts by a class action if enough groups get together to fight it.
We don’t have anyone staying in our place except with us when we are there but I would be totally against the paragraph stating the proposal that we would not be able to use it (as non permanent residents, I presume)
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08-03-2019, 09:55 PM
1. Nothing has been decided yet
2. There is an election upcoming 3. Ascav are trying to wind everyone up and over egg the pudding Wait and see. But for certain, the writing has always been on the wall against those who rent illegally. Be afraid - big fines. And, there is a general dissatisafaction with lack of affordable housing for those who work in the tourist industry.
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09-03-2019, 12:00 AM
Worrying. We don't let ours, but have no plans to become resident for a couple of years yet, and would like to continue using it for 4 or 5 months a year.
Sam, I'm a bit unclear here— your reply to Can suggests we wouldn't be affected by this, but point 3 of your original post implies otherwise? Hopefully this gets shot down or altered enough that it doesn't have any actual teeth!
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10-03-2019, 11:59 AM
(09-03-2019, 07:17 AM)Sam Wrote: It could be bad (Google) translation. If not the point three would completely ruin the economy of the island. I'm sure the Canarian government would kill it right at the beginning. I sure hope so, otherwise we may all give up now...! I have mixed feelings about the holiday rentals (especially if holidaymakers in the vicinity are being loud at three in the morning), but surely no matter what your opinion is, fining someone two or three times the value of the property seems visibly ridiculous?
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24-03-2019, 02:50 PM
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24-03-2019, 05:10 PM
(24-03-2019, 02:50 PM)el caballo hambriento Wrote: Update From this report seems that even if it's passed, as higher courts have declared it as illegal and other agencies have already stated that they will make legal objections to the law if it's passed, I think this law is bound to fail in its intentions.
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26-03-2019, 12:26 AM
Saw this today. Good news, for now !!
The Canary Islands will not change the current regulations on holiday home rentals at this time, at least not during this legislature. The socialist party PSOE announced last Thursday that they will request a postponement of the debate around the bill after negative opinions were expressed by the Advisory Council of the Canary Islands Regional Government. The decision leaves too little support for the proposed changes to the law to go ahead, as this week’s parliament plenary will be the last one of the IX Legislature. In addition, Coalición Canaria (CC) and Nueva Canarias (NC), who were the original promoters of the reforms, do not have a majority in the Chamber. The proposed text that came out from the Parliamentary Tourism Commission unleashed controversy on both sides of the debate around tourism home leasing, led by the Canary Islands Vacation Rental Association (Ascav) and the Association of hotel management Ashotel. So, for now, those who oppose the new stricter regulations have, it seems, won the latest battle regarding who should or should not be allowed to rent private apartments and houses, short term, to tourists; and on what basis. The opinion expressed by the Advisory Council was essential for the bill’s passage through the regional parliament, primarily supported by the political parties Coalición Canarias CC, Nueva Canarias NC and Socialist Party PSOE; and in turn the proposed bill was rejected by the Progressives Podemos and the conservative PP. The Canary Islands’ Parliament’s Advisory Council, said in its view several sections of the proposed new law appeared unconstitutional and that many other questions were raised by the proposals, leading to this latest decision from PSOE to no longer back the text in its current form, so blocking the process until, at the earliest, the new legislature which will begin again in June, following Spanish National Elections, scheduled for April, and the local municipal elections, set for May. “The intention to combine with greater efficiency the rights of small proprietors and the general interest to guarantee access to housing for the people with lower rents is evident”, explained PSOE deputy Rosa Cabrera Noda. Cabrera regretted, however, that the Government of the Canary Islands has been “unable” to move forward, “once and for all”, with the decree on holiday rentals, despite knowing the damage that it causes for the traditional housing market. Quote:The primary reason that the Holiday Homes Decree is so very important is because of the rise of internet platforms, among others, which allow private home owners to offer their holiday rental properties much more easily than ever before. This has led to sudden and disproportionate increases in rental values and potentials which too often price native locals out of the rental market, quickly followed by foreign resident workers, and then all urban long term residents; as property owners scramble to earn quick money from short term tourism rentals.
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