Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions.
I feel like this is a little overcompensation to the problem but it’s better to start that way. The professional Airbnb landlord with multiple properties needs to be shut down but I feel like the more casual user should be allowed. If it’s half of a duplex seems fine but multiple properties not so much. They take up so much housing.
I have done Airbnb for a long time and it’s definitely getting worse but it’s better in Europe than the US. I’m sure the regulations are a part of this
I’m in agreement. Go after the amateur hotel LLC landlords and allow the occasional Airbnb-ers. Maybe the city chose the route, though, because it is harder to distinguish between the two in a simple way.
The people I know who do short term rentals only rent out their homes when they are out of town (e.g., one friend works in the arts and this allows her to travel for work abroad; my neighbors, also artists, do this a couple times a year so that their family can go on vacation). I think this will hurt the little guys. I think the people I know might end up doing home swaps (swapping their house or apartment for free) - which would still mean strangers in their home that neighbors might have to interact or deal with, but not covered by this policy.
I feel like this is a little overcompensation to the problem but it’s better to start that way. The professional Airbnb landlord with multiple properties needs to be shut down but I feel like the more casual user should be allowed. If it’s half of a duplex seems fine but multiple properties not so much. They take up so much housing.
I have done Airbnb for a long time and it’s definitely getting worse but it’s better in Europe than the US. I’m sure the regulations are a part of this
I’m in agreement. Go after the amateur hotel LLC landlords and allow the occasional Airbnb-ers. Maybe the city chose the route, though, because it is harder to distinguish between the two in a simple way.
The people I know who do short term rentals only rent out their homes when they are out of town (e.g., one friend works in the arts and this allows her to travel for work abroad; my neighbors, also artists, do this a couple times a year so that their family can go on vacation). I think this will hurt the little guys. I think the people I know might end up doing home swaps (swapping their house or apartment for free) - which would still mean strangers in their home that neighbors might have to interact or deal with, but not covered by this policy.
Also I feel for regulations like this its better to do too much and then make exceptions for the small guy afterwards.