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0 pointstn139y ago0 comments

Driving car requires license for various other reason all of us agree with. I don't see why hosts need a license.

Also there is potential stupidity of passing regulations that people wont respect any ways.

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You're being downvoted because you are not considering land use and zoning issues. Hosts need to register to ensure that they don't convert their properties into full time hotels in buildings designed for residential use.

tn13OP9y ago

> You're being downvoted because you are not considering land use and zoning issues.

Don't care about downvotes but I care about arguments.

Uber and Lyft will check the drivers license even if government does not make it mandatory because a licensed and well experienced driver is in in the interest of Uber and Lyft.

I could not care less about "zoning laws" which serve no purpose to most sensible people and I dont see why AirBnB should give a damn about zoning laws. Also I would oppose government move to force these laws down people throats by forcing AirBnB hosts to have licenses.

>Hosts need to register to ensure that they don't convert their properties into full time hotels in buildings designed for residential use.

But that is the whole "innovation" in AirBnB. The very fact that AirBnB is cool because one does not have to comply the mountain of regulations that Motel 6 has to comply with.

I will be very happy to live in a residential property that is converted into defacto hotel through AirBnB.

exclusiv9y ago

But mostly the city wants to ensure they get paid and keep the lodging industry off their backs. Hotels pay occupancy taxes and want AirBnBs to have that encumbrance.

I have a property in an area that has it all figured out and I had to get it certified by an inspector, pay some fees, and submit occupancy taxes. Most skirt the laws.

Chicago did it right in my opinion by requiring AirBnB to manage and submit the taxes and fees.

jacobolus9y ago

The city is facing huge pressure from local residents because the price of housing has gone up dramatically in the past few years. Property owners taking rental properties off the market to turn them into unlicensed full-time hotels through Airbnb further reduces housing stock, in addition to forcing a bunch of negative externalities onto neighbors who have little recourse. Most local residents who aren’t themselves Airbnb hosts are on the city’s side here.

The hotel industry is certainly unhappy with Airbnb, but they’re far from the only ones.

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