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I am fascinated with your second comment. I've asked this question on HN before as well, though my focus was on San Francisco rather than NYC. What happens if
by geebee 13y ago
I am fascinated with your second comment. I've asked this question on HN before as well, though my focus was on San Francisco rather than NYC.
What happens if the airbnb tenant does pay rent, but insists that he or she is now a long term tenant governed by SF landlord-tenant law. Tenant protection laws are very strong in SF, and typically require some kind of "cause" for eviction. If San Francisco courts do not recognize the legality of a short term rental agreement, what would they do with it? I'm not a lawyer at all, these are just questions... but would the courts allow the tenant to remain as a long term tenant? How would the calculate the rent? Would they simply disregard unenforceable provisions and default to existing law?
Does anyone know if this has been litigated?
- pavel_lishin 13y agoIANAL, but I think that there is a minimum period of time required before one becomes a long-term tenant - and it's something on the order of a month or three.
- Arelius 13y agoI think that's true. But I think it's much shorter at least in SF. Something on the order of 15 days to a month.