November 3, 2016
As San Francisco awaits a federal court ruling on tougher regulations for short-term rentals, The City continues to struggle with enforcement to curtail illegal activity. Since The City in 2014 legalized short-term rentals, considered rooms or homes that are rented for less than 30 days, some 2,250 applications for certificates to use online sites like Airbnb to rent out housing were submitted. Today, there 1,682 registered short-term rental hosts in San Francisco, though thousands are believed to engage in the practice. That’s nearly double the 900 registered hosts as of last January….
Source: http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-still-struggling-enforce-short-term-rentals/
