Post-COVID-19 mobilities and the housing crisis in European urban and rural destinations. Policy challenges and research agenda

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on working, travel and residential location patterns have attracted much commentary from scholars practitioners interested in future cities regions. Focusing Europe, we discuss how pandemic-fuelled remote working tourism practices increased demand for short-term rentals second homes rural/coastal areas as well a number desirable cities. has accelerated pre-existing counter-urbanisation trends, with implications housing availability affordability various parts Europe. policy challenges regulating use privately-owned are discussed, followed by proposals research avenues.