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AirBnB could solve these problems in 1 second by limiting it to 1 rental per account. The problem isn't someone renting out their full apartment, it's the profe
by orthoganol 10y ago
AirBnB could solve these problems in 1 second by limiting it to 1 rental per account. The problem isn't someone renting out their full apartment, it's the professional operation of apartments on AirBnB by firms, sometimes very large firms, and enterprising individuals. They rent a bunch of units full time, taking significant real estate from would-be renters.
- mancerayder 10y agoI think that's a very sensible compromise. I own a duplex in a multi-family, and thought about renting out one floor (which might come across as a separate apartment in photos) on an occasional basis for extra money. That's very different from a vast enterprise that's doing it at scale. Unfortunately, New York laws have a tendency to affect the small and the large equally, despite the fact that the latter have a lot more financial buffers as protection and the former is more exposed to risk. That said we can still rent it out for 30+ days at a time, legally.
- fencepost 10y agoBe careful about that as well - I'm pretty sure that in a lot of cases 30 days is the trigger point for a lot of tenant's rights issues such as having to go to court to try to evict someone who stops paying rent.
- URSpider94 10y agoYup, after 30 days they are a tenant. You then need to give them 30 days' notice to terminate their lease, have to go to housing court for evictions, etc.
- mancerayder 10y agoDoesn't AirBNB make it easier to screen people who do this sort of stuff? I wonder why I was downvoted. Because I said I'd rent my place out legally?