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☆ Philadelphia is starting to crack down on unlicensed Airbnbs and Vrbos, which is bad news for 85% of units in the city
  + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The city estimates nearly 1,700 short-term rentals are at risk of being removed from the platforms. By the city's own estimate, the crackdown could shut down 85% of all short-term rentals in the city — or nearly 1,700 units. Scottsdale Councilmember Solange Whitehead told Insider that issues over short-term rentals had reached a boiling point. In Bozeman, Montana, where short-term rentals nearly doubled during the pandemic, some locals have called for a permanent ban. Host Michael Rutkowksi told Insider that the town should start with enforcing the licensing requirements already on the books.
Persons: Jim Kenney, that's, Mark Squilla, WHYY, Airbnb, We've, Solange Whitehead, Michael Rutkowksi Organizations: Philadelphia, Service, city's Department, Licenses, City, Scottsdale Locations: Philadelphia, Wall, Silicon, Phoenix, Scottsdale , Arizona, Bozeman , Montana
☆ The 'Airbnbust' proves the Wild West days of online vacation rentals are over
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( James Rodriguez | Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +16 min
"We started panicking and started connecting with other folks who we know have short-term rentals," Sullivan told Insider. Given the sharp rise of short-term rentals there, some local lawmakers have recently called for amending the law. But short-term rentals are often essential to a healthy tourism economy, particularly in vacation destinations. Investors jumped in to capitalize on the boom, and the market soon became saturated with short-term rentals. There's one thing pretty much everyone can agree on: Short-term rentals are here to stay.
☆ The battle over Airbnb has hit a breaking point
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( James Rodriguez | Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +16 min
"We started panicking and started connecting with other folks who we know have short-term rentals," Sullivan told Insider. Rather than a collapse of the industry, the increasingly bifurcated state of the market — a bust for some, a boom for others — is a clear sign that we have hit a turning point in the long-running battle over short-term rentals. Given the sharp rise of short-term rentals there, some local lawmakers have recently called for amending the law. Investors jumped in to capitalize on the boom, and the market soon became saturated with short-term rentals. There's one thing pretty much everyone can agree on: Short-term rentals are here to stay.
☆ A popular Phoenix suburb is cracking down on Airbnbs ahead of the Super Bowl, with one critic saying its 5,000 short-term rentals are 'destroying neighborhoods'
  + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
There are about 5,000 short-term rentals in Scottsdale, Arizona, a local CBS affiliate reported. Some locals say short-term rentals have had a detrimental effect on neighborhoods. The regulation is a warning to the industry that has flourished under a 2016 Arizona law that banned local caps on short-term rentals. Scottsdale is joining the dozens of cities across America attempting to control their number of short-term rentals, which reached a record high in US supply last year. The expansion of vacation pads has been a 'slow-cooked lobster'Indeed, the explosion of short-term rentals in Scottsdale is "out of control," Whitehead, the councilwoman, said.
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