My understanding is that it doesn't change the legal status of rental situations, e.g. running an illegal hotel is still illegal. What it does do is make AirBn

My understanding is that it doesn't change the legal status of rental situations, e.g. running an illegal hotel is still illegal. What it does do is make AirBnB responsible for making sure that the listings on its platform are legal. This seems reasonable to me, but its pretty obvious why AirBnB doesn't like it.