The government’s proposal for a short rent regulation would limit the permissible rental time – for municipalities flexibility

Airbnb key compartments outside the Rovaniemi apartment building. — In the archive, short rental key compartments outside the Rovaniemi apartment building.

In certain situations, renting less than four weeks could meet the criteria for continuous living.

Municipalities have the opportunity to intervene more in short rental. The Government’s proposal for changes in the Construction Act has begun for a consultation. There are several points in the presentation on short rental.

Short rental in residential apartments has become a problem in Rovaniemi, for example. For example, it affects the prices and availability of rental housing.

The government proposes that short renting of an investment home should be allowed per year for 90 days. However, the municipality could allow short rent for short rent in its building order 180 days a year.

In practice, this could mean that many apartments in Rovaniemi will continue to be used throughout the season.

– Of course, it is positive that such a presentation has been given at all. It also has well -built elements that take into account municipalities, Määttä inches.

– The better model would have been one where the municipality could, if it so wished, would delimit short rent to a statutory daily limit. Now, eliminating unnecessary delimitation causes an extra administrative burden, Ahsanullah comments in a landlord announcement.

Short rental rampant in Rovaniemi

According to Finnish landlords, Rovaniemi is Finland’s most popular short rental city in relation to the population. Visit Rovaniemi estimates that about one third of Rovaniemi’s nearly one million days of accommodation will be overnight in short rental.

There are apartment buildings in the city where even almost every apartment is for short rental use.

Prohibited and non -regulations will continue to be addressed. Building control may continue to intervene in the lease with a penalty payment. The use of the use of the building may also be condemned to a building offense.

The Government proposes a provision in the law, inter alia, that a residential building or apartment should only be used for continuous housing. Short rental, that is to say, less than four weeks, would be considered to meet the criteria for continuous housing in certain situations.

Your own apartment, which is enrolled yourself, should be given short rent without restriction, for example, during your vacation.