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The Swiss city of Lucerne voted limit short-term rentals, including on the Airbnb platform, to a maximum of 90 days a year. Just over 64 percent of voters in the city in central Switzerland were in the favour of the restrictions.
Backers of the initiatives said it aimed to cage large-scale temporary rentals by commercial providers and to free up living space for residents of Lucerne which is facing a significant housing crunch.
The local government had presented a watered-down counter proposal, which would have restricted the percentage of short-term rentals within non-touristy neighbourhoods, but it failed to get sufficient backing.
With the votes, Lucerne will become the latest of a number of European cities that have taken steps to limit the effect of the Airbnb home rental platform on the housing market. In Switzerland, caps on short-term subletting to holidaymakers are already in place in the western regions of Geneva and Vaud.
Participation in the Lucerne vote, which was just one of a slew held on local and regional issues across Switzerland as part of the country's direct democratic system, stood at 34.6 percent.
