The government’s tightening of short-term rentals doesn’t solve any problems, if anything it makes them worse

The ban on granting a home for periods of less than two or even three days appears not only as an incomprehensible intrusion on the freedom of homeowners to put their assets to good use. It is, above all, a self-defeating move. Here because

“Do not disturb those who want to do”, the slogan with which Giorgia Meloni won the elections and inaugurated his government, evidently it does not apply to those who want to rent their own homes. The government’s crackdown on short-term rentals – the prohibition of renting out homes for periods of less than two or even three days – appears not only to be an incomprehensible intrusion on the freedom of homeowners to put their assets to good use. It is, above all, a self-defeating move in a country that has some very peculiar characteristics: an artistic heritage unparalleled in the world, a vast number of vacant housing units, insufficient and often disorganized tourist accommodation, widespread building ownership and a inflation among the fiercest in Europe. It is precisely the increase in prices, together with the post-Covid travel boom, that has made the costs of staying in the main art cities prohibitive.