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Re:NY official: Airbnb stay illegal; host fined $2,400 by invisible on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @01:39PM (#5745297)
So it is OK for people to live there (health-wise) but not OK for people to stay there temporarily? I mean, if there are 200 people in a building and it burns down does it really matter if they were there temporarily or permanently? Bizarre.

The only way justification I could see is that if it were not hygienic, there is a chance of a outbreak of a virus happening (but that is no different than the metro or a flea market).

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Re:NY official: Airbnb stay illegal; host fined $2,400 by pavel_lishin on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @01:54PM (#5745417)
> * if there are 200 people in a building and it burns down does it really matter if they were there temporarily or permanently?*

It absolutely matters, and your scenario is a very serious one. Permanent residents know where the fire exits are, and which hallways are dead-ends. Temporary residents may not even be aware which windows open onto a fire escape.

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Re:NY official: Airbnb stay illegal; host fined $2,400 by robrenaud on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @02:46PM (#5745852)
Given that deaths by fire in NYC were in a record low in 2012, when AirBNB rentals in NYC were presumably at a record high, maybe the lack of fire regulations aren't actually that big a risk.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/nyregion/58-fire-deaths-in...

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