Around 10,000 short-term lets suitable for long-term housing, Cabinet told

It comes after the meeting of the Cabinet committee on housing on Monday evening decided to prioritise, among other factors, progressing legislation to regulate short-term lets from sites such as Airbnb. File picture

Almost a third of the 32,000 properties advertised for short-term lets like on Airbnb in Ireland could be suitable for long-term housing, as new EU laws governing the sector are set to take effect next year.

According to a briefing document for Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke, “potentially” 10,000 of these short-term letting units could be “of a type and location that could be suitable for long-term housing”.