Rentals Cape Town

30/08/2026

You've got until 5 Oct 2026 to make Cape Town drop their Short-Term Letting By-law

This isn't just for property owners or rich investors. Chances are if you work and live in Cape Town and rely on its continued economic success for your prosperity then you are going to be affected. And not in a good way.

If your property is listed on Airbnb, Booking.com or any other online platform and available for short-term lets more than half the year, the City wants to reclassify it as commercial.

This means much higher property rates (more than double), compulsary registration (with the burden of requirements that always accompanies this), display of a City number on every listing, and platforms sharing your availability and financial data.

Non-compliance risks fines and being banned from the platforms. This hits small investors harder than the corporates and will likely decimate holiday home managers and their hospitality teams. The knock-on effects will be felt in businesses and communities not directly connected to rentals and tourism.

Higher costs = fewer listings, higher guest prices, less work for cleaners, managers, laundry services and related jobs.

Tourism and the local economy take a hit.

It is still only a draft.

Make your voice heard before 5 October:

Comment online or email [email protected]

Official page & documents: https://www.capetown.gov.za/City-Connect/Have-your-say/Issues-open-for-public-comment/draft-short-term-letting-by-law

Share this with every property owner and service provider you know.

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Massive property rates hikes once certain arbitrary conditions are exceeded. It's not good for the property market, tourism, and the people working and providing services in Cape Town: from waiters to plumbers.

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