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Turin falls outside EU housing-stress criteria despite local rent pressures
The European Union is considering criteria to identify cities under housing stress, which could determine where measures in its proposed Affordable Housing Act apply.
Turin does not meet the proposed criteria: its home-price-to-income index is 6.38, below the threshold of 8.
Housing remains difficult in parts of the city, and in some areas rent for a three-room flat exceeds half the average salary.
Airbnb listings have risen 49.9% since 2017, adding 11,700 tourist beds.
Turin’s deputy mayor for urban planning says the city’s new planning plan will limit tourist rentals and block new ones in specific areas.
The restrictions are still awaiting approval, while the city has already raised the overnight tourist tax for B&Bs from €2.30 to €3.80.
Turin does not meet the proposed EU criteria for classifying areas as under housing stress, according to a simulation based on 2024 data.
The city’s price-to-income index is 6.38, below the threshold of 8.
A Turin union study published in April 2026 reported serious housing affordability problems in several areas, where rent for a three-room apartment can exceed half the average salary.
Airbnb listings in Turin have grown by 49.9% since 2017, adding 11,700 beds.
The city plans to restrict tourist accommodation in specific areas through its new urban plan.
- Who
- Turin and the European Union are central to the story; Turin’s Urban Planning Councillor Paolo Mazzoleni commented on the proposed criteria.
- What
- Turin falls outside the proposed EU housing-stress criteria, despite reported local rent pressures and growth in tourist rentals.
- When
- The article was published on 9 November 2026; the simulation uses 2024 data.
- Where
- Turin, Italy.
- Why
- The city’s price-to-income index is below the EU proposal’s threshold, although local studies report affordability problems in some areas.
Short-term rental hosts
Housing-stress advocates
Housing pressure
Short-term rental hosts
Hosts’ position is described as supported by the EU criteria, which do not classify Turin as a city affected under the proposal.
Housing-stress advocates
Housing-stress advocates have raised concerns about unaffordable rents and the effects of tourist rentals.
The number of Airbnb listings in Turin began a period of growth that reached 49.9%.
Data used in a simulation put Turin’s price-to-income index at 6.38.
A Turin CGIL study reported significant housing affordability difficulties in several areas.
Corriere della Sera reported that Turin did not meet the proposed EU housing-stress criteria.
- Price-to-income threshold
- 8
- Turin price-to-income index
- 6.38, based on 2024 data
- Airbnb listings
- Up 49.9% since 2017
- Added tourist beds
- 11,700
- Borgo Juvarriano listings
- 900 per square kilometre, or 10% of the city total
What people are saying
If today we apply those criteria, Turin does not appear among the cities concerned.
This tells us that the housing problem has a different nature in different cities.