Luz Ángela González
Medellín's planning director.
Luz Ángela González, Medellín's planning director, disputes the platforms' reading that Proyecto de Acuerdo 104, debated by the city council from 26 September, would allow short lets outright in only 3.4% of the city.
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Luz Ángela González heads Medellín's Departamento Administrativo de Planeación, the city's planning department, as of September 2026. Her department is responsible for the land-use plan that decides where each activity may operate.
Councillors began public debate on 26 September on Proyecto de Acuerdo 104 of 2026, her department's mid-term rewrite of the plan. The draft treats tourist homes as a form of lodging and steers them towards mixed-use zones and corridors close to metro stations. Host groups and platforms calculate that only 3.4% of Medellín would permit short lets without conditions and that 72% would curb them. González rejects those numbers.
The stakes are measured in units. Medellín's registered tourist homes grew from 521 in 2019 to 8,322 by 2026, FAR outnumbering its 863 hotels, and city inspectors have suspended 105 after 408 visits.
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