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Re:Detroit has outlawed Airbnb for R1 and R2 zoning by kdot on Thursday February 08, 2018 @03:18PM (#16335234)
Detroit has different problems than other cities. Slumlords are renting individual rooms in trashed homes not up to code.

This restriction stops short term rentals in neighborhoods, leaving areas zoned as business (neighborhoods close to downtown and Woodward) free to host.

Airbnb for the rich only. Seems backwards.

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Re:Detroit has outlawed Airbnb for R1 and R2 zoning by bsder on Thursday February 08, 2018 @05:54PM (#16336307)
I suspect this is targeted at low-end prostitution. A lot of prostitution enforcement targets the johns because they have more to lose. That vaporizes if the john can set up an AirBnB and get met there.
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