October 18, 2016
Aldermen also pressed to quickly hire additional inspectors to try to enforce the city’s new regulations on apartment and home rentals being advertised through online platforms such as Airbnb. Guerra Lapacek said it could be March before three new positions created to monitor the home-sharing websites are filled. That didn’t sit well with Ald. Michele Smith, 43rd, whose tony lakefront neighborhoods have been overrun with speculators buying condos and using them exclusively as weekend rental units. “I think it’s time that we really get it going, because obviously the hardest time for a new law is right when it starts. That’s when you need the people more than ever,” Smith said. “That causes a lot of concern.”…
Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-city-council-budget-hearing-met-1019-20161018-story.html
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