Possible Crackdown On Airbnb Rentals Have Some Worried About Making Ends Meet
The new restrictions would include limiting the number of days most people can rent their places to 120 days a year.
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The new restrictions would include limiting the number of days most people can rent their places to 120 days a year.
Three of the four people leaving the Airbnb were black, but police say it wasn't their race that raised suspicions of the neighbor.
Police say a neighbor identified a group of people taking suitcases from the home and loading them into a car.
After crafting the rules for more than two years, the Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved a proposal that would limit rentals from Airbnb and other companies to 120 days a year.
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CBS2's David Goldstein found people convicted of serious crimes such as drug dealing and kidnapping offering rooms for rent even though the company claims to check criminal records.
A proposed ordinance would limit the number of rental days per host to 180 days a year. It would also put an outright ban on homeowners using second homes for short-term rentals.
The city council is taking up a plan that would put some caps on these types of rentals.
An Airbnb host who made a racial remark after cancelling a reservation has been ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and attend a college course in Asian American studies.
People packed a room City Hall Tuesday to explain why they are for or against new restrictions on short-term rentals.
The proposed ordinance would place and outright ban on owners using vacation rentals and second homes as short-term rentals.
Southland Airbnb hosts are voicing their concerns about potential new short-term rental regulations being considered by the Los Angeles City Council.
The guest says the host cancelled her reservation when she was only a few minutes away, leaving her and her friends stranded in a snowstorm.
Since launching in 2008, Airbnb says women have made more than $10 billion dollars renting out their homes on the site.
They allege their landlords ended their tenancies in order to use their residences for Airbnb stays.
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