Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for the duration of the rental

Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for the duration of the rental

Home-sharing company Airbnb said it had to stop accepting some reservations in New York City after new regulations on short-term rentals went into effect.

The new rules are intended to effectively end a free-for-all in which landlords and residents have been renting out their apartments by the week or the night to tourists or others in the city for short stays. Advocates say the practice has driven a rise in demand for housing in already scarce neighbourhoods in the city.

Under the new system, rentals shorter than 30 days are only allowed if hosts register with the city. Hosts must also commit to being physically present in the home for the duration of the rental, sharing living quarters with their guest. More than two guests at a time are not allowed, either, meaning families are effectively barred.

  • SCB@lemmy.world
    216·
    1 year ago

    You aren’t running a rental business in these cases, but supplementing your income by allowing someone into your home a few times per year.

      • SCB@lemmy.world
        112·
        1 year ago

        I find it so weird that your take is “only the wealthy deserve a home, period.” Like that’s such a hellish thing to say.

              • merridew@feddit.ukEnglish
                4·
                1 year ago

                I don’t think that’s an ideal analogy. No-one sells meth legally.

                It’s more like selling people food prepared in your uninspected and potentially unsanitary kitchen, and complaining about being told to comply with the food hygiene regulations that every licensed business is required to adhere to.

              • SCB@lemmy.world
                15·
                1 year ago

                It is when the decision being made negatively impacts housing availability.

                Lots of people on this site are radicals in one way or another and my radicalization is zoning policy and the housing market disruption is has caused.

                  • SCB@lemmy.world
                    13·
                    1 year ago

                    No, because it turns out there is a whole spectrum of regulation that is possible, and some regulations are more oppressive than others.

                    Same basic principle as hair stylists in the US needing more schooling than police, by law, which is similarly insane.

        • merridew@feddit.ukEnglish
          71·
          1 year ago

          I find this viewpoint fascinating. Like arguing that trying to put out a burning building will hurt poor people trying to keep warm.

          The housing market as a whole is the problem, one which AirBnB is exacerbating. That it locally enriches those renters able to find people willing to rent out their homes – which I’m guessing is disproportionately going to be people without elderly family members & kids – doesn’t mean it isn’t detrimental to the housing market as a whole, particularly at the lower end, and to everyone who rents.