Lots of people seem to be thinking that all the big hotel chains are being evil by lobbing this kind of anti-competitive legislature out to kill airbnb and the

Lots of people seem to be thinking that all the big hotel chains are being evil by lobbing this kind of anti-competitive legislature out to kill airbnb and the like. And while that maybe be true, you also have to realize that governments would much rather prefer people stay in real hotels regardless of what the hotel industry thinks. Local governments get a lot of money off of occupancy taxes, as well as tax off of the employment of those in the service industries. How many airbnb hosts in NYC are paying occupancy taxes? What about reporting income? My guess: not too many. And this is completely ignoring zoning regulations that these self-serve hotels trample upon. Im going to guess that these laws will become more prevalent soon unless airbnb & co start become proactive about keeping track of all the relevant taxation.