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.

      • Squizzy@lemmy.world
        1·
        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.

          • merridew@feddit.ukEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            If the owners are living in it at the same time, and you’re renting out a room, that’s hardly a hotel.

              • merridew@feddit.ukEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                I don’t see how that matters. A spare room is a spare room whether it’s in the basement, the first floor, or the attic.

                • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
                  01·
                  1 year ago

                  Where I’m from basement suites are pretty popular. It’s a fully contained suite in the house.

                  What used to be fairly cheap accommodations are now being rented out as hotels and it’s causing a lot of housing problems. If it’s just a room in a basement that’s one thing but it doesn’t sound like it is.

                  Do you understand where I’m coming from now?

                  • merridew@feddit.ukEnglish
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    I understand that. OP expressly described this basement experience as “renting out spare rooms”, though, so I hope you’ll understand why I’m treating this as a spare room being rented out.

                    I live in London and am very familiar with the issue of affordable self-contained accommodation being flipped into overpriced Airbnb units, and I would agree with you that such units should be retained as residential housing.

    • stigmata@lemmy.world
      414·
      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.