Edinburgh launches citywide clampdown on Airbnb-style short-term lets 🏡 Anyone who wants to change the use of a residential home to a short-term let will have to apply to the council
But she added: “We know that in certain areas, particularly tourist hot spots, high numbers of lets can cause problems for neighbours and make it harder for people to find homes.”
“For far too long, too many homes have been lost in our city to the holiday market,” he added. “Around a third of all short term lets in Scotland are here in the capital, so their associated issues of safety, anti-social behaviour and noise have a detrimental effect on many of our residents.” “Our members in the capital, who help to generate more than £70m each year, will be rightly concerned about what this means for their livelihood in what is already a challenging regulatory and economic environment,” she added.
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