European Holiday Home Association
European trade association of holiday-home owners and managers.
The European Holiday Home Association joined two other industry bodies in faulting the Brussels housing proposal of 9 September, the European Affordable Housing Act, for lacking Independent oversight and reliable data.
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The European Holiday Home Association is a European trade association of holiday-home owners and managers: the private hosts and letting agencies whose properties make up much of the short-term rental market on the continent.
Its public position in 2026 centres on the European Affordable Housing Act. When the European Commission proposed the act on 9 September 2026, the association was one of three industry bodies that said the text lacked independent oversight and reliable data. Under the draft, a restriction lapses after five years unless renewed, and rules already on a city's books when it takes effect are exempt.
The association's weight rests on its members' exposure to local caps. A city that wants to limit holiday lets under the proposed act must first prove housing harm, which makes the quality of short-let data the ground on which the association and city authorities will contest future restrictions.
The association disputes the evidence test
the Commission's 9 September proposal would let a city or region curb short lets only where homes are least affordable: an average home must cost eight or more years of per-Capita disposable income, and the authority must show three years of damage to housing caused by short lets.
For the association's members, the owners and managers of holiday homes, the draft cuts both ways. It narrows the places where caps can apply, yet ties every CAP to a registration system the authority must already enforce. Together with EU Travel Tech and CCIA Europe, the technology-industry lobby, the association said the draft lacked Independent oversight and dependable data, the two things its members would need to contest a local restriction.
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When can cities restrict short lets under the EU proposal?
