# Short-term rentals - [Media reports](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/media-reports.md) - [2020](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/media-reports/2020.md) - [Spain: Owners of vacation homes look for alternatives (El Pais, 8 June 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/media-reports/2020/spain-owners-of-vacation-homes-look-for-alternatives-el-pais-8-june-2020.md) - [Prague takes on Airbnb to dam flood of tourists (The Observer, 1 Feb 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/media-reports/2020/prague-takes-on-airbnb-to-dam-flood-of-tourists-the-observer-1-feb-2020.md) - [2019](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/media-reports/2019.md) - [Spain Is Latest Battleground for Global Affordable Housing (Bloomberg, 19 June 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/media-reports/2019/spain-is-latest-battleground-for-global-affordable-housing-bloomberg-19-june-2019.md) - [Airbnb lobbying revealed as SNP and Tories water down regulation (The Ferret, 24 May 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/media-reports/2019/airbnb-lobbying-revealed-as-snp-and-tories-water-down-regulation-the-ferret-24-may-2019.md) - [Exposed: Airbnb lobbying to stop laws on lets (The Ferret, 18 Jan 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/media-reports/2019/exposed-airbnb-lobbying-to-stop-laws-on-lets-the-ferret-18-jan-2019.md) - [2018](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/media-reports/2018.md) - [A fake profile with 208 flats: the business behind being 'authentic' in Amsterdam (NRC, 9 Nov 2018)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/media-reports/2018/a-fake-profile-with-208-flats-the-business-behind-being-authentic-in-amsterdam-nrc-9-nov-2018.md) - [Academic reports and papers](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/academic-reports-and-papers.md) - [What Airbnb does to the housing market (August 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/academic-reports-and-papers/what-airbnb-does-to-the-housing-market-august-2020.md) - [Tourism, financialisation & short-term rentals: the housing political economy of Dublin (Jul 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/academic-reports-and-papers/tourism-financialisation-and-short-term-rentals-the-housing-political-economy-of-dublin-jul-2020.md) - [How German cities cope with the rise of Airbnb (Feb 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/academic-reports-and-papers/how-german-cities-cope-with-the-rise-of-airbnb-3-feb-2020.md) - [The role of Airbnb creating a new-old city centre: Porto (Dec 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/academic-reports-and-papers/the-role-of-airbnb-creating-a-new-old-city-centre-porto-12-dec-2019.md) - [Airbnb, buy-to-let investment and tourism-driven displacement: Lisbon (Aug 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/academic-reports-and-papers/airbnb-buy-to-let-investment-and-tourism-driven-displacement-lisbon-19-aug-2019.md) - [Who governs Airbnb: new economy on the streets of Porto (April 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/academic-reports-and-papers/who-governs-airbnb-new-economy-on-the-streets-of-porto-april-2019.md) - [Gentrification in Porto: floating city users and internationally-driven urban change (Feb 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/academic-reports-and-papers/gentrification-in-porto-floating-city-users-and-internationally-driven-urban-change-feb-2019.md) - [Gentrification in Porto: Problems and opportunities (December 2018)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/academic-reports-and-papers/gentrification-in-porto-problems-and-opportunities-december-2018.md) - [The sharing economy at the CJEU: does Airbnb pass the ‘Uber test’? (Aug 2018)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/academic-reports-and-papers/the-sharing-economy-at-the-cjeu-does-airbnb-pass-the-uber-test-25-aug-2018.md) - [Impact of the collaborative economy on tourism in the city of Porto - Airbnb case study (2018)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/academic-reports-and-papers/impact-of-the-collaborative-economy-on-tourism-in-the-city-of-porto-airbnb-case-study-2018.md) - [Advocacy and policy reports and projects](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/advocacy-and-policy-reports-and-projects.md) - [How the gig economy's lobbyists undermine peoples' rights (CEO, 5 Sep 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/advocacy-and-policy-reports-and-projects/how-the-gig-economys-lobbyists-undermine-peoples-rights-ceo-5-sep-2019.md) - ["Affordable Housing". The Future of Cities (European Commission, Apr 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/advocacy-and-policy-reports-and-projects/affordable-housing-.-the-future-of-cities-european-commission-april-2019.md) - [Activist initiatives](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/activist-initiatives.md) - [Berlin is looking for Airbnb superhosts!](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/activist-initiatives/berlin-is-looking-for-airbnb-superhosts.md) - [Law, regulations and other policy](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/law-regulations-and-other-policy.md) - [Regulating Airbnb in Portugal (Journal of European Consumer and Market Law, 2018)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/law-regulations-and-other-policy/regulating-airbnb-in-portugal-journal-of-european-consumer-and-market-law-2018.md) - [Court cases and other jurisprudence](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/court-cases-and-other-jurisprudence.md) - [Cities can regulate short-term rentals despite EU single market services directive (ECJ, Sept 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/court-cases-and-other-jurisprudence/cities-can-regulate-short-term-rentals-despite-eu-single-market-services-directive-ecj-sept-2020.md) - [Airbnb deemed an 'information society service' and not a real estate agent (ECJ, Dec 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/court-cases-and-other-jurisprudence/airbnb-deemed-an-information-society-service-and-not-a-real-estate-agent-ecj-dec-2019.md) - [Data sources, sets and visualisations](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/data-sources-sets-and-visualisations.md) - [SRC: Airbnb data (2015-2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/data-sources-sets-and-visualisations/src-airbnb-data-2015-2019.md) - [VIZ: How Airbnb invaded Lisbon (book "Lisboa e a Airbnb", June 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/data-sources-sets-and-visualisations/viz-how-airbnb-invaded-lisbon-book-lisboa-e-a-airbnb-june-2019.md) - [Research and data questions](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/short-term-rentals/research-and-data-questions.md) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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