Airbnb bookings dry up in New York as new short-stay rules are introduced
www.theguardian.com
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

Airbnb bookings dry up in New York as new short-stay rules are introduced | Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for th…::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

  • hoot@lemmy.caEnglish
    967·
    3 years ago

    Good. Fuck landlords, and especially Airbnb landlords. Hopefully other cities will follow suit.

    • Shadywack@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
      101·
      3 years ago

      $50 cleaning fee… “You are responsible for taking out trash, doing dishes, making the bed, and putting any linens you use in the laundry” Just fucking awesome how they charge you a cleaning fee so you can clean it yourself.

  • Curious Canid@lemmy.caEnglish
    652·
    3 years ago

    I have friends who’ve run an AirBnB for nearly a decade. They they rent out a room to cover their property taxes. Our city imposed all of those rules mentioned, plus a few others, like regular inspections, several years ago. There were some initial problems as the city administration worked out how to implement the new rules, but overall it had very little effect on them and did not change the volume of their business.

    The AirBnB hosts who are likely to have real problems under the new rules probably should. AirBnB runs the full range from responsible people trying to provide an honest service to opportunists looking for ways to take advantage of loopholes and gaps in the rules for profit. This will be inconvenient for the former and may put the later out of business. And I am okay with that.

    Some areas like taxis and hotels may be over-regulated, but there are still good reasons for them to be regulated. Any business model that relies on avoidance of existing regulation deserves the inevitable changes it will cause.

  • db2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    361·
    3 years ago

    AirBNB the company: Waaah! We can’t rake in piles of cash for the top of the pyramid to pocket now! It’s not fair! stomps collective feet in a tantrum

  • chilicheeselies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    164·
    3 years ago

    This is mostly a good thing. The one part of it thats not good is that there is no real replacement. Most of the apartments here are very small, so visiting guests usually need to stay elsewhere. Hotels are very expensive here, so there is a gap where a short term rental style hotel is really needed.

    • Uncle_Bagel@midwest.socialEnglish
      322·
      3 years ago

      Hotels aren’t really any cheaper than AirBnB after you factor in the laundry list of fees and chores you have to do.

      • toofpic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        3 years ago

        It is funny to even read that, as AirBnb became popular because it was cheaper and more comfortable (yay, kitchen!). And now it’s cheaper to rent from greedy corporate moguls

          • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            3 years ago

            Honest question, what were they subsidizing? Were they previously charging no or little costs to people hosting? I understand what the delivery and Uber like companies were subsidizing, just not familiar with AirBNB.

            • ChrisLicht@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              3 years ago

              For these market makers, both sellers and buyers are subsidized to entice both into the market.

              Check out Cory Doctorow’s “enshittification” theory.

  • Gazumi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    3 years ago

    Gentrification is a feature that harms the people living in that area.