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That's a valid concern. But seems to be something better handled by local ordinances and not the sort of thing a national government shoulf need to drop the ham

That's a valid concern. But seems to be something better handled by local ordinances and not the sort of thing a national government shoulf need to drop the hammer down on... In my opinion.

gwbas1c 8y ago
Japan is much smaller than the US or the EU. IMO, there are certain advantages to regulating things at a higher level. It's easier for AirBNB to comply with one set of rules instead of many. An individual in Japan can take advantage of a single, well-written how-to guide instead of learning his or her local laws. That being said, where I live, I made sure the HOA explicitly forbids AirBNB-style rentals.
- wallace_f 8y ago
  Well if that's the only issue, that would be obviously easy to solve. More clearly: I don't think you should make an app like this illegal. The burden should be on the property owners, not on AirBnB. Or why not? What other problems exist? In some supreme court cases, justices have argued 'while I do not agree that this should be legal, it should be up to the states to legislate, not the federal government.' The two major advantages I see for local legislation is 1) more-representative and more-direct democracy, and 2) value in allowing experimentation and competition of policy legislation... I'm not so much making this up as I go, but these kinds of ideas are things I've read in American political history, and when I thought about it, decided I agreed with. Here, it seems to me like an obvious candidate for such line of thought... But I could be wrong, maybe you can convince me otherwise?
  - uremog 8y ago
    There was a look at local laws, and a lot of ordinances were passed re: home-sharing. I don't know why it transitioned to a national regulation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/26/national/local-governments-japan-look-clamp-private-lodging-services-stricter-regulations/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/26/national/local-...
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Barrin92 8y ago
Every neighbourhood passing their own legislation or rules would be an absolute nightmare for Airbnb because there would be no regulatory clarity at all. One very good thing about Japanese housing legislation is that it happens at the national level. It prevents a lot of issues you have in the United States.

That's a valid concern. But seems to be something better handled by local ordinances and not the sort of thing a national government shoulf need to drop the hammer down on... In my opinion.

gwbas1c 8y ago

Japan is much smaller than the US or the EU. IMO, there are certain advantages to regulating things at a higher level. It's easier for AirBNB to comply with one set of rules instead of many. An individual in Japan can take advantage of a single, well-written how-to guide instead of learning his or her local laws. That being said, where I live, I made sure the HOA explicitly forbids AirBNB-style rentals.

wallace_f 8y ago
Well if that's the only issue, that would be obviously easy to solve. More clearly: I don't think you should make an app like this illegal. The burden should be on the property owners, not on AirBnB. Or why not? What other problems exist? In some supreme court cases, justices have argued 'while I do not agree that this should be legal, it should be up to the states to legislate, not the federal government.' The two major advantages I see for local legislation is 1) more-representative and more-direct democracy, and 2) value in allowing experimentation and competition of policy legislation... I'm not so much making this up as I go, but these kinds of ideas are things I've read in American political history, and when I thought about it, decided I agreed with. Here, it seems to me like an obvious candidate for such line of thought... But I could be wrong, maybe you can convince me otherwise?
- uremog 8y ago
  There was a look at local laws, and a lot of ordinances were passed re: home-sharing. I don't know why it transitioned to a national regulation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/26/national/local-governments-japan-look-clamp-private-lodging-services-stricter-regulations/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/26/national/local-...

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Barrin92 8y ago

Every neighbourhood passing their own legislation or rules would be an absolute nightmare for Airbnb because there would be no regulatory clarity at all. One very good thing about Japanese housing legislation is that it happens at the national level. It prevents a lot of issues you have in the United States.