{"id":100,"date":"2025-04-30T21:23:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T21:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catuireland.org\/airbnb\/?p=100"},"modified":"2025-05-20T15:11:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:11:45","slug":"how-to-report-illegal-short-term-lets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catuireland.org\/airbnb\/2025\/04\/30\/how-to-report-illegal-short-term-lets\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Callout from CATU Galway: Report Illegal Short\u2011Term Lets!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Galway\u2019s housing crisis isn\u2019t going away on its own \u2013 and one of the biggest culprits is hiding in plain sight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Across the city and county, whole houses and apartments that could be home to long-term tenants instead stand empty, snapped up by landlords chasing short-term Airbnb profits.<\/span><\/p>\n

CATU Galway is calling on every one of us to act: report illegal short-term lets (STLs) and help restore our housing stock to families, students, and workers who desperately need it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why Reporting Matters in the Irish Housing Crisis<\/b><\/h2>\n

Since 2019, Irish law has required planning permission for any property let out on a short-term basis. Yet in Galway, just <\/span>81<\/b> STLs have been granted permission\u2014only <\/span>4%<\/b> of the estimated total. That leaves <\/span>96%<\/b> operating illegally, with no checks on fire safety, health standards, or impact on the long-term rental market.<\/span><\/p>\n