Fearful that its business could be crippled, Airbnb is aggressively working to combat new laws proposed in San Francisco and Sacramento that seek to rein in the controversial practice of turning homes into hotels. At the state level, Sen. tk McGuire, Dem.-tk, has proposed SB 593, which would compel vacation-rental companies to disclose detailed information such as host addresses, number of guest nights and amounts paid, to cities and counties where the practice is legal. SB 593 would also prohibit online vacation-rental companies from doing business in areas where the practice is banned, as a way of reinforcing local controls. tk, it wrote in a letter to hosts, urging them to contact state lawmakers before the bill is heard in the tk committee on Tuesday. [...] Airbnb’s phenomenal success at turning thousands of homeowners into impromptu innkeepers has inspired feverish debate about the impact on affordable housing and neighborhood character.
Airbnb Fights Back As Pending Laws Seek To Curtail Home Stays
By Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle: Business
Sun, 04/19/2015 - 5:05am
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