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Letting platform Airbnb has lost more than three quarters of the housing supply in Amsterdam. That reduction is due to the registration requirement that Amsterdam has set. A spokesperson for the municipality confirms the reports of the Volkskrant about this.

Surveys conducted on 28 March and 4 October show that the number of rental addresses on the platform has dropped from 16,648 to 2924. Together with other providers, such as Booking.com, Expedia, Tripadvisor and VRBO, the total number of addresses in Amsterdam went from 18,715 to 4128. Registration requirement

Private individuals who want to offer their home as a holiday address in Amsterdam, have had to register since April. They were given until the beginning of this month to do so. Each tenant must also be reported to the municipality in advance. If any unregistered tenants arrive, the landlords risk a fine. A week before the deadline expired, over 5000 people had applied for a registration number, says the municipality.

With this measure, the capital hopes to limit the nuisance caused by tourists. Earlier, the municipality tried to set restrictions, such as a maximum rental period of thirty days per year and a maximum of four tenants at a time. But because rental platforms do not share data, it was difficult to control.

Airbnb confirms to the Volkskrant that all ads without a registration number have been deactivated in Amsterdam. The Airbnb director in Northern Europe states that the company is voluntarily cooperating with the stricter measures.