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Global short-let platform facing Europe's biggest STR fine and Mexico City's World Cup rental squeeze.
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#14 2 Oct
Mentioned in: Congress sinks Spain's two rent decrees
Nomads & Communities#14 1 Oct
Mentioned in: Wales opens register for every paid stay
Nomads & Communities#14 28 Sept
Listed more than 27,000 Cape Town properties
Nomads & Communities: Cape Town eyes commercial rates for lets#14 9 Sept
Mentioned in: EU Act ties short-let caps to registers
Nomads & Communities#12 17 Jul
Mentioned in: Cyprus hotel lobby seeks cap as short-lets slump
Nomads & Communities#10 30 Jun
Mentioned in: Greece freezes short-lets in second city
Nomads & Communities#9 29 Jun
Filed its own amparo against the STR cap
Nomads & Communities: Mexico City registry stalls at 27,000#8 21 Jun
Hosted supply from operators registered as companies, which sit outside the three-property cap
Nomads & Communities: CDMX short-let cap freezes mid-World Cup#6 25 May
Mentioned in: Spain housing fails owners and renters
Nomads & Communities#7 22 May
Faced potential host delistings mid-World Cup if registered hosts missed the registration deadline
Nomads & Communities: Mexico City registry opens, clock running#5 21 May
Filed injunctions that paralysed both the registry and cap enforcement
Nomads & Communities: CDMX short-let cap misses the firms#7 21 May
Gained a material new competence-based defence in its pending reconsideration motion
Nomads & Communities: Spain's top court voids STR registry#4 20 May
Filed amparos that suspended both the 50% annual nights cap and mandatory registration
Nomads & Communities: CDMX, 22 days to kickoff, with unbuilt registry#4 20 May
Filed reconsideration motion in late April; 2,400 unregistered Barcelona listings surfaced to Generalitat by live SDEP
Nomads & Communities: Madrid court silent; Bustinduy aims at summer rent freeze#4 20 May
Defined day-one compliance narrative through op-ed and public statement
Nomads & Communities: EU STR regulation goes live; Brussels silent#3 20 May
Faced €64 million fine for non-compliance with Spain's pre-Regulation consumer-affairs enforcement
Nomads & Communities: EU short-let rule lands with split enforcement#4 20 May
Mentioned in: Eurostat baseline understates EU STR growth by a third
Nomads & Communities#11 19 May
Mentioned in: UNITE HERE Local 11 widens SoFi demands at Steyer rally
2026 FIFA World Cup#3 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Dex closes $5.3m matching ML talent
UK Startups and Innovation#2 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Spain's Congress sinks the rent-freeze extension
Nomads & Communities#2 22 Apr
Mentioned in: CDMX seeks STR cap pause for World Cup
Nomads & Communities#2 22 Apr
Filed a reconsideration motion against the EUR 64m fine with no hearing date set by 28 April
Nomads & Communities: Airbnb files motion against Madrid fine#2 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Spain commits €7bn to housing plan
Nomads & Communities#8 19 Apr
UNITE HERE adds AI and Airbnb bans
2026 FIFA World Cup#8 19 Apr
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#8 19 Apr
2026 FIFA World Cup · source event
#1 1 Apr
Filed an injunction against Mexico City's 180-day STR cap ahead of the World Cup
Nomads & Communities: World Cup suspends Mexico City STR cap#1 1 Apr
Mentioned in: Eurostat's 2025 STR figure is not like-for-like
Nomads & Communities#5 1 Apr
Mentioned in: Amsterdam cuts short-let nights to 15
Nomads & Communities#1 23 Mar
Challenged the fine via suspension request, which the court denied
Nomads & Communities: Madrid court lets €64m Airbnb fine stand#1 23 Mar
“appealed consumer affairs fine”
Nomads & Communities · source event
#1 23 Mar
“refused suspension of airbnb fine”
Nomads & Communities · source event
#3 1 Mar
Mentioned in: Athens STR ban widens to Thessaloniki, islands next
Nomads & Communities#1 1 Jan
#4 16 Dec
Mentioned in: Jørgensen plan queues Q4 STR caps as phase two
Nomads & Communities#1 1 Dec
“imposed 64m eur fine for unlicensed listings”
Nomads & Communities · source event
#8 1 Nov
Filed pending reconsideration motion against EUR 64m fine using STS 620/2026 as competence-based defence
Nomads & Communities: Spain cuts short-lets, court voids tool#1 2 Jul
“established str registration rules applicable to platform”
Nomads & Communities · source event