Re:Airbnb Is a Risky Neighbor
by notlisted on Friday June 20, 2014 @11:24PM
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I always wondered why, but https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7924005 below gives a good reason why (summary: tenants who rent out via AirBnB can afford bigger rent increases).
It's a combination landlord (lease) and legal problem. In NYC short term leases are explicitly not allowed. Also note, as others have below, that it is very difficult to evict someone in New York.
Glad because just 4 apts. in the building ruined it for the rest of us. I don't care about your travel plans, I care about my quality of life.
It's a combination landlord (lease) and legal problem. In NYC short term leases are explicitly not allowed. Also note, as others have below, that it is very difficult to evict someone in New York.
Glad because just 4 apts. in the building ruined it for the rest of us. I don't care about your travel plans, I care about my quality of life.
Nothing ham-fisted about it and I definitely wouldn't call the mediam rent increases in BK a minor problem - http://gothamist.com/2014/04/04/brooklyn_rents_cant_stop_won...