Porto Just Killed 1,413 Listings With a Missing PDF
Everyone said 20 May was the day Europe's "wild west" of short-term rentals ended.
Less than two weeks in, the first city to actually pull listings didn't touch the new EU rules.
Porto cancelled 1,413 licences. Roughly 13% of its entire registered stock.
The trigger? Not a night cap. Not a ban. Not the EU's new data system.
A missing insurance document.
🔻 1,413 AL registrations cancelled no proof of civil liability cover filed 🔻 50–60% sit in the historic centre, where they can NEVER be reactivated 🔻 The EU "mega-regulation" had nothing to do with it
So who actually loses?
Not the platforms…
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