Sejm passes bill regulating short-term apartment rentals in Poland

On 1 October 2026 the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, passed an amendment to the act on hotel services. The bill sets out rules for short-term rentals of apartments, the kind typically offered through online platforms such as Airbnb and Booking.com.

Among its key provisions are rules allowing housing communities (wspólnoty mieszkaniowe, the owners' associations of apartment buildings) to ban short-term rentals in their buildings. Supporters argued that residents had long complained about noise, rotating guests and the conversion of homes into tourist accommodation, and that owners needed a legal tool to respond. The bill also aimed to bring the rapidly growing market out of the grey zone and under clearer, more uniform rules.

The vote was only one stage of the legislative process. After the Sejm, the bill goes to the Senate, the upper house, and then to the president, who can sign it, veto it or refer it to the Constitutional Tribunal. The question of whether the president would sign the law later became the focus of lobbying by interest groups, including housing co-operatives.