{"id":79826,"date":"2025-07-11T19:50:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=79826"},"modified":"2025-07-11T20:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:18:55","slug":"rama-higher-tax-for-second-homes-legalisation-process-to-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-higher-tax-for-second-homes-legalisation-process-to-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama: Higher Tax for Second Homes, Legalisation Process to End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone owning a second or third home will face a higher property tax. The decision on the specific rate has not yet been made but will be announced in the coming weeks, once the reference prices for housing are approved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tax for a second home will be higher than for the first one. Municipalities, especially those near the coast, will benefit significantly,\u201d said Prime Minister Edi Rama.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a meeting with mayors across the country, Rama also addressed the legalisation process, which the government aims to conclude by 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLegalisations must come to an end. This country cannot continue to build illegally. We will close the process within the fourth mandate. That is our objective,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions on property ownership and co-ownership are part of a recently launched national action, during which authorities have uncovered widespread illegal constructions and land seizures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone owning a second or third home will face a higher property tax. The decision on the specific rate has not yet been made but will be announced in the coming weeks, once the reference prices for housing are approved. \u201cThe tax for a second home will be higher than for the first one. Municipalities, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":79827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rama: Higher Tax for Second Homes, Legalisation Process to End - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-higher-tax-for-second-homes-legalisation-process-to-end\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rama: Higher Tax for Second Homes, Legalisation Process to End - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anyone owning a second or third home will face a higher property tax. 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