“Me B&B? Come to Venice, the number must be limited “
PADUA – Padua is also a heritage city ofUnesco, consequently limits should be placed on Bed-and-Breakfasts. The president of Ascom was attacking yesterday Patrizio Bertin. «Venice yes, all the others no. A side effect of the government crisis and the consequent dissolution of the rooms is that the Serenissima will be able to put a limit on the rental of B & Bs, while all other cities Venice was included in a final amendment to the Aid decree, the one on which the government, while gaining confidence, had to take note that its race was. What the Venetian faculty consists of is soon said: it will be able to put a limit to the growing phenomenon of short rentals, generically called Airbnb, but there are now several platforms on the market, a phenomenon that causes difficulties for families, workers and students to find a accommodation at adequate prices, and the distortion of the social fabric ».
Need for new urban planning tools
“Each city has different tourist numbers – the number one of Paduan merchants has increased the dose – but, for example, with Bolognawe share a massive presence of students off-site who find it increasingly difficult to find accommodation given the proliferation of short-term rentals “. Everyone agrees on the need for new urban planning tools to act, and not only in Italy, given that cities like Barcelona or Amsterdam have had to make decisions on the matter. “We would need an ad hoc law valid throughout the national territory – he said, instead, Silvia Dell’Uomoor in any case a rule capable of allowing the president of the real estate agents of the Paduan Ascom Confcommercio – or in any case a rule capable of allowing the president to the various administrations to define the maximum limits for the destination of residential properties to short positions ».
«Ours is not a battle against this type of rental – Bertin said – so much so that we believe that, from the law, the owners of a single apartment intended for this type of rental should be excluded. On the other hand, the reasoning for those who made one is different profession“. A theme, as we said, forcefully returned to the fore in this post-pandemic phase or, in any case, pandemic under control with more consistent tourist flows and cities, including Padua, once again a destination for visitors. “Covid – concluded Dell’Uomo – had anesthetized the problem by rebalancing the situation: zero tourists, so better the safe rental of a family or that of a student, which is also rare, considering that for almost two years a good part of the university activity took place remotely. With the restart of the trips there was a new reversal that immediately took off on student rents, who were finally back in the city but struggling to find accommodation at a price. It is pacific that the disproportion is evident between those who have made a profession of airbnb and those who have remained faithful to the sharing spirit of the first airbnb: nationally, it is estimated that 75% of the offers are the prerogative of those who rent entire apartments to tourists after having filed the rental offer to resident families and workers; while the remaining 25% would offer hospitality in a free room in their home without altering the social fabric of the city, of the neighborhood, communicating with the guest and perhaps acting as Cicero’s ».