Airbnb crackdown set to shift Cape Town’s housing market
Daily Maverick | 04.05.2026 03:07
A proposed by-law aimed at enforcing Cape Town’s rates policy on short-term rentals is likely to ripple through the entire housing market. What the City of Cape Town is trying is not to introduce a new levy, but to enforce an existing one – and it may set off a chain reaction that reshapes both the short-term and long-term rental markets.
