NBC Los Angeles – SoCal Woman Claims Airbnb Host Canceled Reservation Because of Her Race
April 5, 2017 A Southern California woman said her relaxing weekend in the mountains turned into a nightmare when an Airbnb host abruptly canceled a cabin reservation because of her race. Law student Dyne Suh was looking forward to spending Presidents Day weekend with her fiancé, friends and dogs at what she thought was the […]
Independent Irish News – ‘Don’t make the same mistake we did’ – Family scammed out of €3k in rent hoax
April 5, 2017 A couple have told how they fell victim to a major rental scam which has been happening in counties all across Ireland. Anu Mathew (30) told Independent.ie how the scam artist sent her a fake passport copy, a video walk through of the ‘apartment’ and spoke to her over the phone on […]
Huffington Post Canada – Toronto Tenants See Rent Double As Industry Argues Against Controls
April 5, 2017 The horror stories about massive hikes in rental prices are beginning to pile up in Toronto, prompting politicians to look at stricter rent controls in the city. But the lending and real estate industries are coming out strongly against any such measures, arguing that it would only make things worse. The debate […]
WLRN – Let Me Get This Straight: Miami Is Terrified Of Airbnb, But Havana Isn’t?
April 5, 2017 Its economy relies to an absurd extent on the low-wage tourism sector. Because it lacks higher-wage, tech-oriented jobs, its average citizens struggle to bridge the chasm between their incomes and their exorbitant living costs. But so what? It’s a sunny town on a bay with muy caliente Latin flavor. The visitors and […]
The Australian Business Review – Call for Airbnb regulations to support ‘real homesharers’
April 4, 2017 On paper, you’d think the boss of an Airbnb property management company would be the last to call for government regulation of the online accommodation giant. Yet given what Doron Milner has seen since he started hostfriend.com.au with sister Chaiya in early 2015, he believes it can’t come soon enough. “Airbnb exploded […]
The Australian Business Review – Travel giant Expedia joins campaign for crackdown on Airbnb rentals
April 4, 2017 Global travel giant Expedia has joined the battle against Airbnb in Australia, teaming up with the local peak tourism body to call for a clampdown on the platform it claims is locking out of home ownership a generation of capital city dwellers… Source
Miami Today – Agreement on Airbnb Inc. doesn’t cover regulatory issues
April 4, 2017 Miami-Dade commissioners on Tuesday approved 10-3 an agreement between the tax collector and Airbnb Inc. for collecting the 2% tourist development room tax, 1% professional sports franchise facility tax and 3% convention development tax and directed the administration to negotiate similar agreements with other short-term room rental services… Source
Courthouse News Service – Class of Home-Sharers Can Sue Santa Monica
April 4, 2017 A federal judge rejected a constitutional attack on a Santa Monica ordinance that bans most Airbnb-style short-term vacation rentals, but allowed frustrated homeowners to continue their class action against the city’ under California’s sweeping Coastal Act.The March 30 ruling from U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II came one day after Santa […]
Herald Tribune – Sarasota County and Airbnb reach agreement on taxes
April 3, 2017 Sarasota County has signed a deal with Airbnb to collect tourist development taxes on local overnight accommodations booked through the online rental service. The “Voluntary Collection Agreement” outlines how the company will collect, record and pay the short-term rental tax on homes and rooms booked through the site in the county — […]
Miami Herald – Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez: County’s tax deal ‘not condoning’ Airbnb
April 3, 2017 Ahead of a vote over collecting local taxes from home-sharing platform Airbnb, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez is setting the record straight: The tax deal doesn’t mean the county is condoning the platform. The announcement last month that the county had reached a deal with Airbnb to collect and remit local tourist […]