>SO: Rather than making it outright illegal, why not balance out some of the incentives in the name of efficiency? Hosts SHOULD be able to rent out their place

>SO: Rather than making it outright illegal, why not balance out some of the incentives in the name of efficiency? Hosts SHOULD be able to rent out their place when they don't live there.. Except that the other tenants get all of the negative consequences of dealing with short-term renters (noise, theft, increased risk of bedbugs) without any of the benefit.