Penang govt to ban short-term rentals, homestays


GEORGE TOWN: The Penang state executive council has agreed to not allow “check-ins” at landed and high-rise buildings for short-term rental homes or homestays.

However, state housing committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said no date on the ban has been decided yet.

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