The European Commission is to lay out conditions under which local authorities can limit short lets, as part of an " affordable housing" package that seeks to address what EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has called a " social crisis".

The bloc’s new Affordable Housing Act will give local and regional governments legal cover to curb tourist flats.

The European Commission is to lay out conditions under which local authorities can limit short lets, as part of an " affordable housing" package that seeks to address what EU…