June 16, 2016
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has backed off his threat to hold Airbnb responsible for policing its home-sharing hosts to avoid the threat of a federal lawsuit, but that decision is not sitting well with aldermen whose wards are most impacted. Ald. Michele Smith (43rd), whose Lincoln Park ward is already inundated with 500 Airbnb listings, on Thursday accused the mayor of cowering to the demands of a “$25 billion bully.”…
Source: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuels-airbnb-plan-still-doesnt-satisfy-impacted-aldermen/
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