Ayuntamiento CDMX

Mexico City's municipal government (Ayuntamiento CDMX, formally the Gobierno de la Ciudad de México) is facing incompatible pressures over short-term rental policy ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It enacted a 180-day annual STR cap in October 2024 to contain displacement pressure, then delayed proposed rent-cap legislation until after the World Cup ends, and has yet to respond to Airbnb's injunction against the 180-day cap.

Mexico City is governed by Claudia Sheinbaum's political successor, following Sheinbaum's election as President of Mexico in June 2024. The city government navigates between a housing movement that spent a year winning the STR cap and a tourism and hospitality sector that sees the World Cup as an unrepeatable revenue event. The accommodation arithmetic is real: 61,500 hotel rooms against 5.5 million anticipated visitors creates a structural gap that platforms currently fill.

Mexico City also doubled most residency-visa fees effective 1 January 2026. The one-year temporary residency rose from 5,328 to 11,140.74 Mexican pesos (a 109% jump), with no operational guidance issued on how to claim the 50% reduction available on paper for family reunification and job offers. The dual moves, STR cap and fee doubling, suggest a city government extracting revenue from its mobile foreign-resident base while deferring the harder political choices on displacement until after the tournament.