Short-Term Rental Lessons for New York From Amsterdam

Let’s face it: New York is hardly the first city to impose regulations on short-term rentals. Today is the official deadline for hosts to register their listings.

Attempts to regulate short-term rentals around the world may have lessons — and implications. While it may still be early to measure the impact of these restrictions on New York City’s short-term rental market, there are cues to be taken from similar laws passed in other cities around the world. 

Let’s take Amsterdam, for instance: In January 2017, the Dutch city initiated its first restrictions on vacation rentals. Any full-apartment listings that had accommodated 60 or more overnight stays in a year were automatically removed from platforms like Airbnb until the following year, with enforcement by Airbnb. Then, in July 2020, Amsterdam took additional measures to rebalance tourist and local dynamics. Amsterdam prohibited Airbnb and similar platforms in three city districts and ma