Florence Mayor Sara Funaro said
Tuesday she will raise the TARI municipal waste disposal tax for
people who are managing more than four homes in a bid to
discourage short-term rentals and the consequent hollowing out
of the city centre amid rampant overtourism.
The move aims to also create a fund with the proceeds to lower
the rate for residents, Funaro said in an interview with
Repubblica Firenze, talking about the scourge of short-term
rentals like airbnb.
"I have instructed the offices to work to differentiate the TARI
rate, on waste, for homes that are used for domestic purposes
and those that are used for hospitality activities," Funaro
said.
"Today, those who manage 600 apartments pay the same TARI as a
family, and this is not correct.
"National legislation allows us to act on those who rent more
than four homes", Funaro said.
To find them, she added, "there is the CIN, the national
identification code. There are databases. There is artificial
intelligence. We will find a way. Those who rent four or more
houses on portals must pay more TARI. And with that money we
will create a fund to lower the rate a little for those who use
the house as a residence".
Still on the subject of short-term rentals, Funaro also focused
on keyboxes, saying "they are a security problem, we are talking
about it with the prefect.
"And also an aesthetic one: I have seen them attached to the
rings of historic doors, which is unacceptable.
"But above all now we must distinguish an apartment for
residential use from one for tourist use".
Funaro, below, was elected Florence's first female mayor on June
26.
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