Expatica – Court deals blow to Berlin’s Airbnb ban

August 9, 2016
An attempt by Berlin to clamp down on properties being rented out as holiday homes on internet platforms like Airbnb suffered a setback on Tuesday as a court ruled in landlords’ favour. The administrative court backed the claims of three homeowners, who had sued for the right to rent out their second homes in the German capital to tourists when they weren’t themselves staying there. The same court had in June quashed a legal challenge to the law, which outlaws property owners and tenants from renting out whole apartments or houses for short-term holiday lets. The ban still effectively prohibits primary residences from being advertised on Airbnb….
Source: http://www.expatica.com/de/news/Court-deals-blow-to-Berlins-Airbnb-ban_746074.html