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.

As of 20 May 2026, CDMX's digital STR registry has never been operational, and Airbnb and host amparos (constitutional injunctions) have suspended both the 50% annual nights cap and the mandatory registration system. Workers Party deputy Gerardo Villanueva has gone on record: "there is no clarity on limits, no one is monitoring the use of properties." With kickoff at Estadio Azteca 22 days away, 44,000 visitors are projected to use STRs across the tournament window through 19 July, accounting for roughly 274,000 occupied nights. The pattern across CDMX's policy stack is administrative non-implementation rather than legislative repeal: leave the rules on the statute books, do not build the enforcement machine, let the tournament arrive. Proposed rent-cap legislation has been formally parked until after the final whistle.