Foreign visitors vs locals — is Hill-Lewis finally addressing Cape Town's inner-city housing squeeze?

WIRE — Cape Town's draft Short‑Term Letting By‑Law reclassifies many Airbnb-style rentals as commercial, raising rates and requiring registration — but will it free inner‑city housing for local renters? "On the short-term rental question, there is one thing that I do agree with," said Geordin Hill-Lewis, Cape Town's executive mayor, in a wide-ranging interview with Daily Maverick The post Foreign visitors vs locals — is Hill-Lewis finally addressing Cape Town's inner-city housing squeeze? appeared first on The Namibian.

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