Mexico City short-term rental registry compliance, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico City, Mexico): With less than two months remaining before the deadline to regularize temporary tourist lodgings in Mexico City, only 650 properties are registered in the official registry. According to a Publimetro México report, this represents 2.2% of an estimated supply of more than 30,000 properties.
Tourism Secretary Alejandra Frausto Guerrero reported that, as of November 3, 2026, authorities counted 700 registered hosts, 650 properties and only two digital platforms incorporated into the system. The figures were presented at a press conference led by Head of Government Clara Brugada Molina, as officials work to regulate an activity that has raised concerns about its effect on rental prices and housing availability for residents.
Official estimates indicate that more than 29,000 properties intended for temporary lodging still do not appear in the registry, even though registration is mandatory under the Mexico City Tourism Law. The digital system began operating on May 21 and originally allowed 30 days for owners to complete the process.
The city government later extended the deadline to December 2026 due to administrative and legal difficulties some hosts faced in meeting the requirements.
Frausto Guerrero said the Tourism Secretariat set up an orientation desk to help owners through the registration process and answer questions about required documentation. Under the city’s tourism law, hosts must register each property used for temporary lodging and obtain a registration certificate.
Key requirements include proof of ownership or administration of the property, tax documentation, evidence of no outstanding water or property tax debts, and compliance with civil protection rules.
Hosts must also carry civil liability insurance where applicable and notify the condominium assembly when a lodging is located in a building under that regime. Digital platforms are required to join the registry and display the registration folios of the properties they advertise, with the aim of facilitating oversight of services.
The regulation also restricts renewal of registrations for properties occupied more than 50% of the nights of the year, a measure intended to distinguish occasional lodging from permanent commercial use of housing. This provision is part of efforts to address rising rents and the reduction of housing available to residents, although its enforcement has been the subject of legal disputes.
The city government keeps its official tourist stay registration portal open, where hosts can complete the process free of charge. With the deadline extended to December 2026, the administration of Clara Brugada faces the challenge of bringing thousands of lodgings still outside the registry into compliance as it moves to oversee an activity that has grown through digital platforms.
