November 2, 2016
A dream vacation to New York turned into a nightmare for three tourists from Germany and Switzerland. The apartment at 541 Wythe Avenue is government subsidized housing for middle-income residents, which makes it illegal to list on websites like Airbnb. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development, which supervises these types of apartments, told CBS 2 “we prohibit subletting and will open an investigation into this allegation of misuse.” But in a July 2015 memo, HPD acknowledged “there is a growing market in temporary apartment rentals.”…
Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/11/02/nightmare-airbnb-rental/
