Florence short-term rental rules: permits, bans and what to do in 2026

The Regolamento per le locazioni turistiche brevi was approved by city council resolution no. 27 of 5 May 2025 and has been in force since 31 May 2025. Resolution no. 28 of 4 June 2026 extended it. It covers residential lets of up to 30 days for tourist purposes and rests on Article 59 of Tuscan Regional Law 61/2024.

Tuscany's regional administrative court (TAR) has rejected the appeals against it, so the regulation stands.

Each unit you want to rent to tourists needs a permit from the Comune:

• it lasts 5 years and is issued to the owner;
• it is tied to both the owner and the property: if you sell, the permit lapses;
• it also lapses if the property isn't rented for more than 12 months, unless it is let in the meantime on contracts longer than 30 days;
• you apply online on the Comune's portal with SPID, CNS or CIE (Italian digital ID). The Comune provides special power of attorney and delegation forms, so an authorised representative can apply for you;
• the property must be a proper dwelling and meet the regulation's minimum requirements and quality standards.

Once granted, the unit is entered in the municipal register of holiday lets.

• The UNESCO area (historic centre, zone A): no new permits. Only units already properly used as holiday lets during 2024 may continue.
• Nine districts outside the historic centre: the 2026 extension added nine residential areas covering almost 70,000 homes.
• The Comune offers an online map: enter the address or cadastral reference to check the zone.

If you're buying in Florence to rent to tourists, check this first. A property you can legally buy is not automatically one you can let to tourists. The seller's permit does not pass to the buyer.

Units already properly used as holiday lets in 2024 are exempt from the regulation for three years from its entry into force, that is until the end of May 2028. After that they too must apply for a permit and meet the regulation's requirements. Owners of existing lets should prepare well ahead.

1. Regional code (CIR). According to the Comune's FAQ updated in May 2026, non-business lets get it by registering on the tourist tax portal. For business lets the Metropolitan City issues it after a SCIA filed through STAR. Since 26 June 2026 regional law has required an online notice to the SUAP (municipal business desk), so we check the required channel case by case.
2. CIN from the Ministry of Tourism's accommodation database, with a fire extinguisher and gas/CO detector installed.
3. SCIA (certified start-of-business notice) if you rent out more than two apartments.
4. Tourist tax, collected from guests and paid to the Comune.
5. Alloggiati Web, with credentials from Florence's Questura (police headquarters).

You can rent part of a home or a single room in the property where you have your registered residence without a permit, but only outside the UNESCO area. Inside the UNESCO area this form of hosting is also caught by the ban on new tourist uses.

The Comune has contracted an automated monitoring service that checks online listings against the permit register. Fines under the regulation can reach €10,000, on top of the national fines for a missing or undisplayed CIN.