Concejo de Medellín
Medellín's municipal council, now debating a land-use revision that reclassifies tourist housing.
The Concejo de Medellín opened public debate on 26 September 2026 on Proyecto de Acuerdo 104, a land-use revision confining tourist housing to mixed zones and metro corridors; platforms and host groups say short lets would run freely in only 3.4% of the city.
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Will Medellín let short lets stand in only a sliver of the city?
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The Concejo de Medellín is the elected municipal council of Medellín, Colombia's second city and capital of Antioquia department. Its 21 councillors serve four-year terms and approve the city's acuerdos, the municipal agreements that set budgets, taxes and the land-use plan. That last power makes the council the body that decides where short lets may operate.
On 26 September 2026 the council held its first public session on Proyecto de Acuerdo 104 of 2026, a mid-term revision of the land-use plan. Councillors are weighing a draft that would treat tourist homes as a lodging use, permitted mainly in mixed zones and along metro corridors. By the count of platforms and host groups, that leaves just 3.4% of Medellín open to unrestricted short lets.
Medellín's own register shows the pressure behind the revision: registered tourist homes rose from 521 in 2019 to 8,322 in 2026, against 863 hotels. The council's vote will decide whether Medellín manages that growth through zoning rather than through registration paperwork alone.
What is Proyecto de Acuerdo 104 of 2026?
How many tourist homes are registered in Medellín?
When did Medellín's council start debating short-let rules?
