The bill allows for a ban on short-term rentals by housing communities and cooperatives

The draft provides that owners of premises in a housing community will be able, by way of a resolution, to prohibit the provision of hotel services, including short-term rental, on the premises of a given property.

Housing cooperatives would receive similar rights. A majority of more than 50 percent would be needed to adopt a ban. persons entitled to vote during the general meeting.

After adopting the resolution, entrepreneurs running short-term rentals would have six months to end their operations.

The self-amendment to the project also extends the rights of residents, communities and cooperatives to initiate inspections of facilities used for short-term rental purposes.

The inspections would concern not only compliance with technical and fire safety requirements. They would also cover issues of security and public order.

The project also provides for the mandatory deletion of a facility from the register if, within six months from the first detected case, a total of three violations of public safety and order rules occur there. Re-entry would be possible after one year.

Register of facilities and fines up to PLN 50,000. PLN

The main purpose of the amendment is to implement the EU regulation on collecting and sharing data on short-term rentals.

The project envisages the creation of a Central List of Tourist Accommodation Facilities. Facilities providing such services would be registered and rental advertisements would be marked with a special identification number.

Violation of the new obligations could result in administrative fines of up to PLN 50,000. zloty.

The new regulations would also allow municipal councils to establish short-term rental prohibition zones. The council could adopt such a resolution at the request of the commune head, mayor or city president.

In the indicated area, the provision of hotel services in residential premises would be temporarily prohibited. However, the local government could introduce exceptions, for example for specific entities, types of activities or deadlines.

When could the regulations come into force?

According to the self-amendment, regulations enabling communities and cooperatives to prohibit short-term rentals, as well as regulations on municipal prohibition zones, would enter into force on January 1, 2028.

The remaining solutions provided for in the act would become effective 14 days after its announcement. After the first reading, the project was referred to the Parliamentary Infrastructure Committee and the Local Government and Regional Policy Committee.

The justification for the amendment states that the changes are intended to increase the subjectivity of residents and local governments in shaping the environment in which they live.