PR Newswire – Major Report on Airbnb Tax Secrecy to be Released Tuesday March 7th

March 6, 2017 WASHINGTON, March 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — A new report outlining the dangers to states and municipalities of the tax agreements some have been entering into with lodging behemoth Airbnb will be released tomorrow, Tuesday, March 7th. Tax administration expert Dan R. Bucks, who was Executive director of the Multistate Tax Commission and […]

New Zealand – Tenants fined for sub-letting property on Airbnb

March 6, 2017 In what’s believed to be the first ruling of its kind, a Wellington couple who sub-let a rental property without its owner’s approval have been found to be in breach of the Residential Tenancies Act. The couple, who sub-let the property on Airbnb have been ordered to pay $1000 to the owners […]

Toronto Star – Toronto should require Airbnb permits, says report

March 3, 2017 Airbnb landlords should have to register for a renewable city permit, be subject to inspections and be restricted to a single rental unit that can be let for a maximum of 30 days per year, says a group pushing for limits on Toronto’s short-term rental industry. A report Friday by Fairbnb also […]

Boston Globe – Cambridge proposes Airbnb-type rentals be owner-occupied

March 6, 2017 Concerned that short-term rentals on sites such as Airbnb are affecting the city’s already tight rental market, Cambridge officials are considering limiting such rentals to owner-occupied residences. “Cambridge is in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis,” said City Councilor Craig A. Kelley, who drafted the proposal. “Speculating on the short-term market […]

San Francisco Chronicle – Local Airbnb’s strange manifest destiny

March 5, 2017 Everyone I know who has rented out a room or an in-law unit on Airbnb has a horror story. There were the Russians who ignored their hosts’ no-smoking rules and were still contentedly puffing away in their basement room when the owners returned home, overstaying their welcome and refusing to leave. There […]