Airbnb is suing New York City over short-term rental rules. The outcome could disrupt your next vacation in cities across the US.
This past September there were 6.1 million short-term-rental listings available on the platform,Aside from noisy tourists, critics have expressed concerns over the availability of affordable housing for actual community members. The more properties are turned into short-term rentals, the fewer housing options are available for actual residents.
New York's short-term rental ordinance would require owners to register with the mayor's office, disclose who else lives in the property, and promise to comply with zoning, construction and maintenance ordinances. "It is literally impossible to comply with a maze of complex regulations in different legal codes – which experts say no lay person who has not worked as a building code inspector could ever even hope to understand," said Karen Dunn, Airbnb's counsel, at a press conference on Thursday, in response to these regulations. She added that since May, New York has only granted nine Airbnb registrations.
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