Renting in Medellín
Medellín has plenty of flats online, more than 15,000 on Fincaraíz alone, but rents have outrun local pay: an unfurnished one-bed of 40–60 m² in Laureles asks about COL$2,300,000–2,900,000 a month and in El Poblado COL$3,150,000–4,100,000 (Fincaraíz, October 2026), while the median formal employee in Colombia earns between one and two minimum wages (DANE, July 2026). The real hurdle for a newcomer is the agency's tenant study: a codeudor (co-signer) or an insurer's approval based on Colombian income papers and credit history. Pay nothing to an adviser's personal account: in October 2026 a judge ordered pre-trial detention of an agency manager in a fraud case whose victims included tenants who prepaid for flats they never got.
Checked 23 October 2026Deposits, contracts and notice periods: Colombia rules
The situation right now
Rents rose fast after the pandemic and are still rising. La Lonja, the property trade body for Medellín and Antioquia, says rents in the city went up 21% in 2022 and 27% in 2023, and the Banco de la República found in a study of 2008–2024 rents that Medellín had become the most expensive city in Colombia to rent in (El Colombiano, 21 October 2025). For the Valle de Aburrá (the metropolitan area) in January–July 2026, sector figures reported by Publimetro ahead of La Lonja's housing fair showed lets agreed up 11.6% on a year, the time to let down 9.6% and rents up 7.1% on average (26 September 2026). Supply online is large: on 23 October 2026 Fincaraíz listed 15,726 flats to rent in Medellín, Ciencuadras 17,895 and Metrocuadrado more than 10,000. Small flats are the scarcer part: Fincaraíz's one-bed search for Laureles returned 117 adverts against 514 two-beds.
Tourism and remote workers compete for the same central stock. Providers of tourist housing in the national tourism register (RNT) in Medellín rose from 521 in 2019 to 8,322 in 2026, against 863 hotels and similar (Alcaldía de Medellín, 25 September 2026). In May 2026 the city and the police stepped up controls in residential buildings in El Poblado after complaints about short lets, and said that some leases of more than 30 days were being used to disguise them. Under the current land-use plan short lets are allowed only in zones of medium or high mixed use; a stricter rule in the POT revision, Proyecto de Acuerdo 104 de 2026, passed its first council debate on 19 October 2026 and is still a proposal (see the Colombia page).
What newcomers meet is paperwork. Agencies (inmobiliarias) let most of the flats on the portals and will sign only after an insurer approves the applicant: ID, an employment letter, three months' bank statements and a codeudor with the same papers, in the list one large agency, Alberto Álvarez, publishes, with its own study fee of 5% of the rent plus VAT and, if approved, a 20% commission plus VAT (October 2026). Insurers look at Colombian credit history, which a new arrival lacks. Cash deposits are banned in Colombia, so the guarantee is a person or a policy, not money (see the Colombia page).
On local pay the central barrios are out of reach. No official median wage is published for Medellín; nationally the median formal employee earns between one and two minimum wages (DANE, July 2026), about COL$1,610,000–3,220,000 a month after health and pension contributions on the 2026 minimum wage of COL$1,750,905. An unfurnished one-bed in Laureles at a median of about COL$2,700,000 is more than the whole take-home pay at the middle of that band, and about 84% of it at two minimum wages. People on local salaries look at two-beds in Belén, La América and Sabaneta, share flats, or move further out. Furnished flats aimed at foreigners and remote workers ask more: a furnished one-bed averaged about COL$3,350,000 in Laureles and COL$5,650,000 in El Poblado on Fincaraíz in October 2026.
With papers and a codeudor ready, two to four weeks is realistic; without them, most newcomers start in a furnished let paid by the month and look for a private landlord who does not ask for an insurer's study.
Behind the scores
Agencies sign only after an insurer's study: ID, employment letter, three months' bank statements and a codeudor with the same papers, study fee 5% of the rent plus VAT (Alberto Álvarez's own list, Oct 2026). Insurers check Colombian credit history, which newcomers lack. Tourist-housing providers in the register rose from 521 in 2019 to 8,322 in 2026 (Alcaldía de Medellín, Sep 2026). Ciencuadras' 0.6% vacancy has no published method and no days-online figure exists: scarcity is not measured. As of October 2026.
Laureles unfurnished one-beds, 40–60 m², rent plus administración where stated (3 of 45 adverts): middle half COL$2,300,000–3,000,000, median COL$2,700,000 (our Fincaraíz sample, 23 Oct 2026). No city wage median; the national median formal employee earns 1–2 minimum wages (DANE RELAB, Jul 2026), COL$1,610,833–3,221,665 net of health and pension, no transport allowance. At the middle, COL$2,416,000: 95–124%, rent-only median 111%; 84–168% across the band. DANE 2025 income per person, Medellín A.M.: COL$1,998,104. As of October 2026.
No figure exists for days online, enquiries or applicants per listing in Medellín. Supply online is large: on 23 Oct 2026 Fincaraíz listed 15,726 flats to rent, Ciencuadras 17,895 and Metrocuadrado over 10,000; one-beds are fewer (117 in Laureles against 514 two-beds). Ciencuadras, a portal, put vacancy at 0.6% (30 Apr 2026) without a published method. Sector figures in Publimetro (26 Sep 2026): Valle de Aburrá lets up 11.6%, time to let down 9.6%, Jan–Jul. No queues, lotteries or bidding were reported in 2026. As of October 2026.
About 11 Oct 2026 a judge ordered pre-trial detention of an agency manager charged by the Fiscalía with mass fraud against 45 people in Medellín and the Valle de Aburrá, 2023–2026; among them were tenants who prepaid several months instead of a codeudor and never got the flat (Vanguardia, Telemedellín, 11 Oct 2026). In May 2026 the city reported 25 complaints and 17 sanctions against an agency and cancelled its registration (El Colombiano, Blu Radio, 25 May 2026). As of October 2026.
What it costs
| Type | Typical asking rent | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Room in a shared flatCompartoApto listed 400 rooms in Medellín on 23 October 2026; the first page asked COL$870,000–2,000,000, mostly furnished rooms near EAFIT and in El Poblado, Envigado and Belén, and students posting there were looking for COL$400,000–700,000. Fincaraíz had only 29 rooms, middle half COL$800,000–1,400,000 (median COL$1,200,000), from COL$490,000 in Sevilla and COL$750,000 in Manrique and Belén to COL$1,400,000–1,800,000 in El Poblado. | COL$800,000–1,500,000 a month(€220–420 a month) | CompartoApto; Fincaraíz, rooms to rent in Medellín, 23 October 2026, October 2026 |
| Unfurnished one-bed flat of 40–60 m², Laureles and BelénMiddle half of Fincaraíz adverts for unfurnished one-beds of 40–60 m² on 23 October 2026 (our sample): Laureles-Estadio COL$2,300,000–2,900,000 (median COL$2,690,000, 45 adverts; 3 of them add administración as a separate line, and with it the middle half is COL$2,300,000–3,000,000, median COL$2,700,000), Belén COL$1,800,000–2,900,000 (median COL$2,050,000, 14 adverts), Sabaneta COL$1,900,000–2,800,000, Envigado COL$3,000,000–4,200,000, El Poblado COL$3,150,000–4,100,000. Fincaraíz's own undated average for all one-beds was COL$3,161,290 in Laureles (average 45 m²) and COL$4,565,074 in El Poblado (60 m²). Furnished one-beds asked a median of about COL$3,350,000 in Laureles and COL$5,650,000 in El Poblado. Most adverts do not say whether the administración (building fee) is included; those that add it ask COL$160,000–510,000 in Laureles and up to about COL$960,000 in El Poblado. | COL$1,800,000–2,900,000 a month(€500–810 a month) | Fincaraíz, one-bed flats to rent in Laureles, Belén, El Poblado, Envigado and Sabaneta (sample of 23 October 2026), October 2026 |
| Unfurnished two-bed flat of 55–80 m², Belén and LaurelesMiddle half of Fincaraíz adverts for unfurnished two-beds of 55–80 m² on 23 October 2026 (our sample): Belén COL$2,250,000–2,900,000 (median COL$2,600,000, 84 adverts), Laureles-Estadio COL$2,500,000–3,500,000 (median COL$3,000,000, 96 adverts), El Poblado COL$3,200,000–4,400,000. La América asked COL$2,050,000–2,550,000 on a small sample. Ciencuadras put the average asking rent for all flats in Medellín at COL$4,920,000 in the first quarter of 2026, a figure pulled up by large flats in El Poblado. | COL$2,250,000–3,500,000 a month(€630–980 a month) | Fincaraíz, two-bed flats to rent in Belén, Laureles and El Poblado (sample of 23 October 2026); Ciencuadras via El Colombiano, 5 June 2026, October 2026 |
Asking rents on the portals; what people actually pay is often lower for older contracts and higher for furnished short lets. Deposits and what can legally be charged on top are on the Colombia page. The euro values are there to compare cities: rounded, a month, at the exchange rates of 23 October 2026 (how we convert).
Where to search
We can never guarantee that an agency, listing or landlord is legitimate. The channels below are where people in Medellín actually look, not a list of safe places. Never pay a deposit, a fee or a "reservation" before you have seen the flat and met the person with the keys, and read our guide to avoiding rental scams first.
Official channels
Public housing queues, municipal registers and city programmes. Slow, but this is where the honest, regulated stock is.
- Alcaldía de Medellín: Matrícula de arrendadoresThe city's registration of letting agencies and landlords with more than five leases, run by the Secretaría de Seguridad y Convivencia. A registered agency must show its registration number in its adverts; if it does not, ask for it and check with the city before paying anything. Envigado, Sabaneta, Itagüí and Bello are separate municipalities with their own town halls.
- Alcaldía de Medellín: rules for tourist housingThe city's questions and answers on short lets (13 October 2026): which land-use zones allow them, the national tourism registration (RNT) each unit needs, and the guest and foreigner registers. Useful before taking a furnished flat by the month in El Poblado or Laureles.
Portals
Where most listings are. Set alerts and reply fast; read every listing with the scam guide in mind.
FincaraízThe largest portal: 15,726 flats to rent in Medellín on 23 October 2026, mostly from agencies. Search pages show the estrato, size and, on some adverts, the administración as a separate line; filter by bedrooms and barrio, but check the barrio in each advert, as searches pad results with nearby areas.
CiencuadrasPortal with 17,895 flats to rent in Medellín on 23 October 2026. It publishes quarterly figures on searches and average asking rents.
MetrocuadradoPortal showing more than 10,000 flats to rent in Medellín on 23 October 2026, searchable by barrio, with many El Poblado and Envigado listings.
Espacio UrbanoA Medellín property listings site and magazine with flats and apartaestudios (studios) to rent in Medellín and Envigado, largely from local agencies.
CompartoAptoRooms and flatmates: 400 rooms in Medellín and 212 people looking for one on 23 October 2026, many near EAFIT and in El Poblado, Envigado and Belén. Messaging needs an account.
Agencies and relocation services
Most charge a fee, and we cannot vouch for any of them. Check the company register and reviews before you sign anything.
Inmobiliaria Alberto ÁlvarezLarge Medellín agency letting and selling flats in Medellín and Envigado. Its published requirements: an insurer's study costing 5% of the rent plus VAT, and if approved a commission of 20% of the rent plus VAT and COL$50,000 for paperwork (October 2026). We did not check its city registration.- Arrendamientos AyuráAgency based in Envigado (Calle 37 Sur # 41-26) letting flats in Envigado and Medellín, with its tenant study and requirement forms online. We did not check its city registration.
Groups and word of mouth
Facebook groups and forums are where the informal market lives, and where most scams start.
- Facebook Marketplace and Facebook groups for arriendos in MedellínPrivate owners, tenants leaving and people letting rooms post here, often without an agency's study. It is also where fraud starts: the agency manager held in pre-trial detention since October 2026 found clients through social media and phone calls. View the flat in person, check the owner's papers and never pay to 'reserve' it.
Local tips
Gathered from local forums, city subreddits and expat groups, rewritten in our own words. They are what people who have done this say helped; none of it is a guarantee.
Ask whether the administración is in the price
Most adverts quote one figure and do not say whether the building's monthly fee is included. On Fincaraíz in October 2026, 9 of 117 one-beds in Laureles added it as a separate line, COL$160,000–510,000 (median COL$350,000), and El Poblado adverts added up to about COL$960,000. Ask '¿el canon incluye administración?' before viewing, and get the answer written into the lease.
Source: Fincaraíz adverts, 23 October 2026
Look at two-beds, not only one-beds
Medellín's stock is mostly two and three-bed flats. On 23 October 2026 Fincaraíz had 514 two-beds to rent in Laureles against 117 one-beds, and an unfurnished two-bed in Belén (median COL$2,600,000) cost about the same as a one-bed in Laureles (median COL$2,690,000). Two people sharing a two-bed in Belén or La América pay less each than one person in a Laureles one-bed.
Source: Fincaraíz search pages, 23 October 2026
Check the estrato and ask for an EPM bill
The estrato is shown on Fincaraíz adverts and printed on the EPM utility bill. In our October 2026 sample most one-beds in El Poblado were estrato 6 and most in Laureles estrato 5, which pay a surcharge on utilities; Belén and Sabaneta were mostly 3 and 4, which pay cost or less. Ask for a recent EPM bill to see the estrato, typical consumption and whether there are arrears.
Source: Fincaraíz adverts, 23 October 2026; EPM; Colombia page
Pick a Metro line first
Line A runs north–south through El Poblado and Aguacatala to Envigado, Itagüí and Sabaneta; Line B runs west from the centre through Suramericana, Estadio and Floresta (Laureles) to Santa Lucía near La América. Belén is reached by Metroplús buses. Choose the line that serves your work or university, then compare the barrios along it; rents fall quickly away from El Poblado and Envigado.
Source: Metro de Medellín; Fincaraíz search pages, 23 October 2026
Check the agency's registration
Agencies must register with the city and show the registration number in their adverts. In May 2026 Medellín cancelled one agency's registration after 25 complaints, and the city advises checking the registration, a physical address validated with the Alcaldía and the agency's track record before paying anything.
Source: El Colombiano and Telemedellín, May 2026; Alcaldía de Medellín, matrícula de arrendadores
Pay only through the agency's official channels
Pay study fees and rent only by the payment methods the agency publishes, to an account in its name, against a receipt. La Lonja, the property trade body, made the same point after a fake adviser in an agency uniform took a deposit from a young woman in Sabaneta in May 2026: never hand money to a person or pay into a personal account.
Source: Telemedellín, 25 May 2026
Be wary of 'prepay instead of a codeudor'
Without a codeudor you may be offered a deal: pay several months ahead, to be returned at the end. Money held as a guarantee is a deposit under another name, which Colombian law does not allow, and in the Medellín fraud case that reached a judge in October 2026 some tenants who prepaid this way never got the flat. If you prepay rent, do it only under a signed lease, for rent you will live in, and with a receipt.
Source: Vanguardia, 11 October 2026; Colombia page (Ley 820 art. 16)
Know what a monthly furnished let is
Furnished flats by the month are how most foreigners start, especially in El Poblado and Laureles. A stay of under 30 days is tourist lodging, and the unit needs a tourism registration; the city said in May 2026 that some 'leases' of more than 30 days in El Poblado were being used to hide short lets in buildings that do not allow them. Ask whether the building permits it and sign a written lease for 30 days or more.
Source: Alcaldía de Medellín, 14 May 2026 and 13 October 2026
Students: look near the campus and on CompartoApto
Rooms near EAFIT in El Poblado, near UPB in Laureles and in Belén near the Universidad de Medellín are advertised on CompartoApto, mostly furnished at COL$870,000–2,000,000 a month in October 2026; students posting there were looking for COL$400,000–700,000. Cheaper rooms are further from the centre, around COL$500,000–750,000 in Sevilla, Prado and Manrique on Fincaraíz.
Source: CompartoApto and Fincaraíz, 23 October 2026
Neighbourhoods
El Poblado (comuna 14) higher rents
The richest comuna, mostly estrato 6, with Provenza, Manila and the Milla de Oro, and Metro Line A at Poblado and Aguacatala; the centre of short lets and of the city's controls on them. Unfurnished one-beds of 40–60 m² asked about COL$3,150,000–4,100,000 and furnished ones a median of COL$5,650,000 on Fincaraíz in October 2026.
Laureles-Estadio (comuna 11) higher rents
Flat, leafy and walkable, mostly estrato 5, with the Estadio, Floresta and Suramericana stations on Metro Line B and UPB nearby; with El Poblado, the comuna where most furnished flats for foreigners and short lets are. Unfurnished one-beds of 40–60 m² asked COL$2,300,000–2,900,000 and two-beds COL$2,500,000–3,500,000 (Fincaraíz, October 2026).
Belén (comuna 16) mid-range
A large residential comuna south-west of Laureles, estratos 3 to 5, near the Olaya Herrera city airport and the Universidad de Medellín, served by Metroplús buses; the most searched comuna on Ciencuadras in early 2026. Unfurnished two-beds of 55–80 m² asked COL$2,250,000–2,900,000 in October 2026, with fewer one-beds.
La América and Calasanz (comuna 12) mid-range
West of Laureles along Metro Line B (Floresta and Santa Lucía), with older family flats. Few adverts on the portals: two-beds asked about COL$2,050,000–2,550,000 in a small October 2026 sample.
Envigado higher rents
A separate municipality bordering El Poblado, on Metro Line A (Ayurá and Envigado), mostly estrato 5 in the listings. Unfurnished one-beds of 40–60 m² asked COL$3,000,000–4,200,000 on Fincaraíz in October 2026. Complaints about agencies go to Envigado's own town hall.
Sabaneta mid-range
A smaller municipality at the south end of Metro Line A, mostly estratos 3 and 4 in the listings. Unfurnished one-beds of 40–60 m² asked COL$1,900,000–2,800,000 in October 2026, cheaper than Laureles for similar space; a fake-adviser fraud was reported here in May 2026.
Robledo (comuna 7) mid-range
A hillside comuna in the north-west, mixing estratos, with few flats on the portals: in October 2026 Fincaraíz showed only a handful of one and two-beds there and around La Pilarica, asking roughly COL$1,800,000–3,300,000. Most letting here happens off the big portals.
North-east comunas (Popular, Santa Cruz, Manrique, Aranjuez) lower rents
Dense hillside comunas served by Metro Line A and the Metrocables, where income per person in the north-east zone was about COL$1,000,000 in 2024 (Medellín Cómo Vamos, via El Colombiano). Very few flats are listed online; rooms on Fincaraíz asked about COL$750,000 in Manrique in October 2026.
What landlords ask for
Have these ready as PDFs before the first viewing; in Medellín the flat often goes to whoever sends a complete file first.
- ID: cédula de ciudadanía for Colombians, cédula de extranjería for foreigners with a visa of more than three months, PPT for Venezuelans with temporary protection. A visitor with only a passport has no Colombian ID number or credit history for the insurer's study to check.
- For an employee: an employment letter (carta laboral) and the last three months' bank statements; the income tax return if you file one.
- For the self-employed: three months' bank statements, the income tax return and, optionally, the RUT (tax registration).
- A codeudor (co-signer) with the same documents, often asked to own property; or approval by the agency's insurer, which checks Colombian credit history.
- Money at signing with an agency: the study fee (5% of the rent plus VAT at one large agency), and if approved a commission (20% plus VAT) and paperwork (COL$50,000) there, plus the first month's rent. No cash deposit may be asked (see the Colombia page).
- From the landlord or agency: the agency's city registration number, a copy of the signed lease within 10 days, a receipt for every payment and a recent EPM bill showing the estrato.
Scams typical of Medellín
Scam risk here is rated 4 of 5. About 11 Oct 2026 a judge ordered pre-trial detention of an agency manager charged by the Fiscalía with mass fraud against 45 people in Medellín and the Valle de Aburrá, 2023–2026; among them were tenants who prepaid several months instead of a codeudor and never got the flat (Vanguardia, Telemedellín, 11 Oct 2026). In May 2026 the city reported 25 complaints and 17 sanctions against an agency and cancelled its registration (El Colombiano, Blu Radio, 25 May 2026). The general patterns, and what to do if you have already paid, are in the scam guide.
The fake adviser in an agency uniform
A man wearing a real agency's uniform shows a flat, takes half a month's rent to 'separate' it while the papers are processed, then finds faults with the flat and stops answering; the agency says he left months ago. A young woman in Sabaneta lost almost COL$2,000,000 this way in May 2026. Pay only through the agency's own channels and confirm the adviser with its office.
The agency that keeps the money
An agency collects rent from tenants but never pays the owners, or takes prepaid months 'instead of a codeudor' for flats it does not manage. In October 2026 a judge ordered pre-trial detention of the manager of one such group, charged with mass fraud against 45 people in the Valle de Aburrá; he did not accept the charges. Check the city registration, ask the owner's name and pay nothing to hold a flat before a signed lease.
The bargain in Laureles or El Poblado
A furnished flat in Laureles or El Poblado at a local price, advertised on social media by someone who asks for a transfer to 'reserve' it before any viewing. Compare with the portals: one-beds in Laureles asked COL$2,300,000–2,900,000 unfurnished in October 2026, so a furnished one at COL$1,500,000 is a warning sign.
A 'sublet' or month-to-month let from someone who is not the owner
Someone renting a flat, or running it as a short let, offers it to you by the month and asks for several months up front. Without the owner's written consent the arrangement is not protected, and units let as tourist housing without permission have been closed by the city. Ask to see the main lease, the owner's consent and, for a furnished stay, the RNT number.
Study fees paid to a stranger
Someone you met online asks for copies of your ID, payslips and codeudor's papers and a 'study fee' into a personal account. A real tenant study is paid to the agency or its insurer after you have seen the flat; never send your codeudor's documents or money to an individual.
How long it takes
Allow two to four weeks if you have Colombian papers and a codeudor, longer if not. Before you arrive, book a furnished let by the month (30 days or more, in a building that allows it) and use Fincaraíz, Ciencuadras and Metrocuadrado to learn the prices per barrio along the Metro line you will use. Get your cédula de extranjería if your visa requires one, open a Colombian bank account and ask an employer for a carta laboral. Then view flats with agencies, check each agency's city registration, and apply for the insurer's study or present your codeudor. Before signing, confirm whether the administración is included, ask for an EPM bill, and read the term and renewal clauses: leases renew automatically unless notice is sent by authorised post three months before the end. Pay only to the agency's or owner's account against a receipt, and keep a signed copy of the lease.
Where to get help
- Alcaldía de Medellín: Secretaría de Seguridad y Convivencia (matrícula de arrendadores)The city office that registers agencies and enforces the lease law in Medellín, through its Subsecretaría de Gobierno Local y Convivencia, with the consumer-protection inspectorate: complaints about agencies, illegal deposits, rent rises above the cap or a missing copy of the lease. In Envigado, Sabaneta and other towns, go to that town hall.
- Personería Distrital de MedellínThe city's public ombudsman's office, with a free conciliation centre for settling disputes without going to court. Main office: Centro Cultural Plaza La Libertad, Carrera 53A No 42-101, next to La Alpujarra.
- Consultorio Jurídico EAFITUniversity law clinic and conciliation centre giving free civil-law advice to people in estratos 1 and 2, and exceptionally 3. Carrera 48A No 10 Sur-107, La Aguacatala.
- Consultorio Jurídico UPBThe Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana's law clinic, with conciliation in civil and commercial matters, which also meets the legal requirement to try conciliation before going to court.
- Policía Nacional: A DenunciarThe police and prosecutor's online system for filing a criminal complaint (denuncia), including for fraud. Keep the advert, chats, payment receipts and the names and accounts used.
Questions people ask about renting in Medellín
How much does a one-bed cost in Laureles or El Poblado?
On Fincaraíz on 23 October 2026, the middle half of unfurnished one-beds of 40–60 m² asked COL$2,300,000–2,900,000 in Laureles-Estadio and COL$3,150,000–4,100,000 in El Poblado. Furnished one-beds asked a median of about COL$3,350,000 in Laureles and COL$5,650,000 in El Poblado. Ask whether the administración is included; where it is added, it was COL$160,000–510,000 in Laureles.
Can I rent without a Colombian codeudor?
Yes, but not easily through an agency: most require an insurer's study or a codeudor, and insurers check Colombian income papers and credit history. Without them, newcomers usually start with a furnished let by the month or a room, or find a private owner who accepts other proof of income. Be wary of offers to pay months ahead as a guarantee: money held as security is a banned deposit under another name, and such deals were part of a fraud case in Medellín in 2026.
Can an agency charge me a study fee or commission?
Agencies in Medellín do: one large agency publishes a study fee of 5% of the rent plus VAT and, if approved, a 20% commission plus VAT and COL$50,000 for paperwork (October 2026). Whether these may be charged to the tenant is disputed and no official ruling was found (see the Colombia page). A cash deposit, however, is banned outright.
Is it legal to rent a furnished flat by the month in El Poblado?
A let of 30 days or more is an ordinary lease under Ley 820 with its protections; under 30 days it is tourist lodging, which needs a tourism registration and a zone and building that allow it. The city stepped up inspections in El Poblado in May 2026 and has temporarily closed 105 tourist units since 2024. A stricter zoning rule in the POT revision passed its first council debate on 19 October 2026 and goes to the full council in November 2026.
Where do I complain about an agency in Medellín?
To the Alcaldía de Medellín's Secretaría de Seguridad y Convivencia, which registers agencies and can fine them or cancel their registration, as it did with one agency in May 2026. For fraud, also file a criminal complaint (denuncia) online through the police's A Denunciar or with the Fiscalía. In Envigado, Sabaneta and other towns in the Valle de Aburrá, the town hall of that municipality is responsible.
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