Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for the duration of the rental

Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for the duration of the rental

Home-sharing company Airbnb said it had to stop accepting some reservations in New York City after new regulations on short-term rentals went into effect.

The new rules are intended to effectively end a free-for-all in which landlords and residents have been renting out their apartments by the week or the night to tourists or others in the city for short stays. Advocates say the practice has driven a rise in demand for housing in already scarce neighbourhoods in the city.

Under the new system, rentals shorter than 30 days are only allowed if hosts register with the city. Hosts must also commit to being physically present in the home for the duration of the rental, sharing living quarters with their guest. More than two guests at a time are not allowed, either, meaning families are effectively barred.

      • stigmata@lemmy.world
        412·
        1 year ago

        It’s so fucking obnoxious the way people try to make outlier situations as if it invalidates the argument. You know god damn well the situations you’re describing are an extremely tiny percentage of airbnb usage (honestly if any at all). Don’t be daft.

        • Squizzy@lemmy.world
          261·
          1 year ago

          Ah stop, I get the intention but b&b’s are a thing and always have been. Wanting to sporadically have a visitor in your retirement shouldn’t require becoming a permanent landlord.

          • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
            127·
            1 year ago

            If you look at the comment I replied to, it said they have a full furnished basement that they airbnb out.

            I said it should be a house for someone to live in.

            I’m not exactly sure where you’re getting “should they be compelled to sell part of their lifelong home outright” or “I don’t think any reasonable person would call me a landlord for renting out my apartment for a week while I take a trip” in my comments, it seems you’re either inventing something to get mad at or you have a guilty conscience.

            • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
              61·
              1 year ago

              Because that’s the standard of living? A basement?

              Fully furnished? I own a home, my guest room is fully furnished in that it has a bed, desk, side tables, and a TV.

              Listen to yourself. Fully furnished doesn’t mean the same as configured with separate utilities, a separate entrance, a separate kitchen, or separate bathing facilities.

              • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
                112·
                1 year ago

                I’m glad you’re housing secure with a guest room, it must be nice.

                Some people would kill for a full furnished basement and instead of being rented out short term it could be housing someone instead and leave the short term to hotels.

                I really don’t understand why this is such a controversial view.

    • Smoogs@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      in a case of a house shortage, maybe… but The issue is not that there is a house shortage. It is that the houses are not being used as houses. There are more than enough houses in almost every city to home everyone and several times over to house the homeless. But that isn’t what the houses are being used for. If they were then yeah, they’d have the space likely to rent out like an Airbnb. But there should be no homeless anywhere if there’s enough rooms to pull off Airbnb. But no one is looking at the homeless as an issue before starting an Airbnb.

      Airbnb is unchecked capitalism that got way out of hand. It’s very fucked up to call this a society anymore. This is hell.

    • HenryHashbrown@lemmynsfw.com
      515·
      1 year ago

      I agree. We’re short so much housing, I’m sure there are so many in that community that would leap at those accomodations.

      • Ataraxia@sh.itjust.works
        91·
        1 year ago

        Sure let’s force people to rent out for furnished rooms now. I have two and sometimes guests stay here but if I wanted to set up a b&b and have someone here a few times a year it sure shit doesn’t mean o have to rent it out permanently. The idea of being forced to live with strangers permanently disgusts me. This is my house and I need my privacy. It’s the government’s job who gets my tax money to fix housing not mine.

        • HenryHashbrown@lemmynsfw.com
          23·
          1 year ago

          Agree about the government needing to fix the housing crunch. To be clear I’m not proposing to forcibly rent your basement. What I object to is allowing residential stock to be used for vacation rentals. It’s turned homes into financial instruments, and as to often happens with such, it benefits a few at the cost of many.

          And really I don’t know how you got from what I said to forcing out your extra rooms. On a personal note: maby you should examine why having others near you is disgusting. I understand wanting privacy, but that’s some strong language you used.