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.

  • krellor@kbin.social
    23·
    1 year ago

    I went and looked up the regulations.

    https://rules.cityofnewyork.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FINAL-RULES-GOVERNING-REGISTRATION-AND-REQUIREMENTS-FOR-SHORT-TERM-RENTALS-1.pdf

    Host requirements start on the bottom of page 16. The requirements boil down to posting a fire exit diagram of the unit, keeping records, and not violating building or fire codes. Nothing in there that really seems that onerous, and is stuff that obviously protects the guests.

    • SCB@lemmy.world
      123·
      1 year ago

      not violating building or fire codes

      This requires personal investment from people over something they nominally may not have the means or ability to change or influence.

      • thoro@lemmy.ml
        91·
        1 year ago

        Then I guess they shouldn’t be opening living spaces to other people for commercial purposes. Almost like doing that implies you have a responsibility to your guests

      • Djtecha@lemm.ee
        91·
        1 year ago

        So guests should just burn then? Like we have regulations because people died before said regulations.

        • SCB@lemmy.world
          17·
          1 year ago

          I’m sorry was there a rush of ABNB fires I haven’t heard about or is this a total non-issue

          • Djtecha@lemm.ee
            31·
            1 year ago

            Yea you’re not really arguing in good faith here. You know fires happen and the lack of basic alerting systems is a concern. These regulations aren’t costing folks 10 grand to do. There is a cost of doing business and New York has stated this is that cost. Take it up with your state assembly if you don’t like it.

            • SCB@lemmy.world
              12·
              1 year ago

              It is quite firmly my stance that none of the people barking up this “fire bad” tree are engaging in good faith at all, since none of these AirBnBs demonstrate undue risk worthy of their own fire code ordinances

              Asking a person to install their own fire door to rent a room out is absurd.