nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/9b71eab4ca6a0d97 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 261110s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/9b71eab4ca6a0d97 doi eng 342 23 Blommaert, Felix Author aut Location, Location, Justification - How EU Law Locks in the Short-Term Rental City Blommaert, Felix Verfassungsblog 2026-11-10 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Europe is in a housing crisis. Short-term rentals are an important driver of this issue, prompting cities like Amsterdam, Barcelona and Paris to restrict them. But under which conditions can they do that? Within six weeks, the EU has produced two texts answering that same question: the proposed Affordable Housing Act and the CJEU’s Smartflats decision. These texts make it considerably more difficult for governments to restrict short-term rentals. CC BY-SA 4.0 CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union European Court of Justice Right to Housing Smartflats Wohnungsmarkt city housing housing crisis (DE-588)4066794-7 gnd Wohnungsmarkt Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/affordable-housing-eu/ raw object