Reply to RENTERS: No license, no rent

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to "RENTERS: No license, no rent "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP. I really don’t see a problem.

Everyone without a CofO/rental license can do STR/AirBnB. The really bad ones won’t get rented, market will determine the price and people can leave freely. It’s very generous in fact. You just need an easy to get license. And to pay your taxes.

Everyone who would then still rent out illegal units should be subject to the laws, fines and renter action to the full extent of the new laws AND even more tenant-friendly judicial practice.

It’s a win-win. Safe housing. Option for illegal-basementers to make some income legally. Taxes for the city.

What’s the problem?[/quote]

The problem is that you are screaming that not licensed landlord killed tenants in his Riggs rental. But DCRA de-facto legalized STR without COO, which INCREASES fire hazards for DC residents next door. Legalizing the way they did it has nothing to do with safe housing. If they asked every STR applicant apply for COO then I would say yes, DCRA cares for DC residents and their tenants. But now I say they only care for collecting licenses fees from STR and VR [/quote]

I agree with part of this. In my opinion, the next step should be to block anyone who couldn’t get a license for a long term rental from renting the same place as a “whole place to yourself” short-term. The income drop would weed out the bad apples.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics