Anonymous wrote:Blame yourself because you vote them in time and time again.
The DC Council is an embarrassing mess but come election time you'll line-up behind Grosso, Silverman, Cheh, Nadeau, Evans etc. because you can relate to them and their causes.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes it's my residence. The bill was created by the Hotel industry (and Councilmember McDuffie). They are trying to close down Airbnb in Washington, DC.

Have you read the bill? You can only host 15 days a year while being away and are fined up to $7,000 if you break the very cumbersome rules (e.g. outrageous "hotel-type) inspections that shouldn't be imposed on individuals).

I have multiple rooms in my home that I rent. Under this bill, I can only rent one (whether I am home or not.

Many of my guests who have come for work or were moving to DC and looking for a "community" (not hotel-like) experience stayed with me between 15-30 days. The new bill prevents these stays.

And my mother is sick and lives out of town. Last year, I would go out of town to visit/help her during stays were folks were repeat visitors and have become friends. One woman who was in town on business stayed with me three times. On the third time, I felt very comfortable being gone from the house and she did too. Also not possible with bill.

The bill is far too restrictive. It's intent is to shut down Airbnb. Like I said, it was created by the Hotel industry (and Councilmember) McDuffie. They don't care about the everyday person looking to Airbnb, just protecting their profits.

Very sad.

You're running a boarding house. Get legit and stop griping. DC actually has a "boarding house" license for the very thing you're doing. You're lucky you haven't already been slapped with a fine. This is why we have zoning...why are you so special that you get flout zoning laws with a commercial business on a residential plat?

How do your neighbors feel about you running a boarding next door to them?

Ha! You've never heard of homesharing I see. No, it's not boarding. Homesharing is common around the world and brings millions of dollars to local economies. Airbnb has brought millions to the city in taxes (100 million is last stat I saw). All of my guests pay a 14.5% occupancy tax.

Arlington Va just passed a homesharing law the allows the host to rent for 185 days in comparison to DC's 15 days.

Arlington wants the loads of money homesharing brings in but apparently DC doesn't need it.

This frequent poster seems very well-informed about the details of the AirBnB legislation, plus what is happening in different jurisdictions.

AirBnB employee perhaps?

Got any evidence of the corruption you are alleging?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes it's my residence. The bill was created by the Hotel industry (and Councilmember McDuffie). They are trying to close down Airbnb in Washington, DC.

Have you read the bill? You can only host 15 days a year while being away and are fined up to $7,000 if you break the very cumbersome rules (e.g. outrageous "hotel-type) inspections that shouldn't be imposed on individuals).

I have multiple rooms in my home that I rent. Under this bill, I can only rent one (whether I am home or not.

Many of my guests who have come for work or were moving to DC and looking for a "community" (not hotel-like) experience stayed with me between 15-30 days. The new bill prevents these stays.

And my mother is sick and lives out of town. Last year, I would go out of town to visit/help her during stays were folks were repeat visitors and have become friends. One woman who was in town on business stayed with me three times. On the third time, I felt very comfortable being gone from the house and she did too. Also not possible with bill.

The bill is far too restrictive. It's intent is to shut down Airbnb. Like I said, it was created by the Hotel industry (and Councilmember) McDuffie. They don't care about the everyday person looking to Airbnb, just protecting their profits.

Very sad.

You're running a boarding house. Get legit and stop griping. DC actually has a "boarding house" license for the very thing you're doing. You're lucky you haven't already been slapped with a fine. This is why we have zoning...why are you so special that you get flout zoning laws with a commercial business on a residential plat?

How do your neighbors feel about you running a boarding next door to them?

Ha! You've never heard of homesharing I see. No, it's not boarding. Homesharing is common around the world and brings millions of dollars to local economies. Airbnb has brought millions to the city in taxes (100 million is last stat I saw). All of my guests pay a 14.5% occupancy tax.

Arlington Va just passed a homesharing law the allows the host to rent for 185 days in comparison to DC's 15 days.

Arlington wants the loads of money homesharing brings in but apparently DC doesn't need it.

This frequent poster seems very well-informed about the details of the AirBnB legislation, plus what is happening in different jurisdictions.

AirBnB employee perhaps?

Got any evidence of the corruption you are alleging?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes it's my residence. The bill was created by the Hotel industry (and Councilmember McDuffie). They are trying to close down Airbnb in Washington, DC.

Have you read the bill? You can only host 15 days a year while being away and are fined up to $7,000 if you break the very cumbersome rules (e.g. outrageous "hotel-type) inspections that shouldn't be imposed on individuals).

I have multiple rooms in my home that I rent. Under this bill, I can only rent one (whether I am home or not.

Many of my guests who have come for work or were moving to DC and looking for a "community" (not hotel-like) experience stayed with me between 15-30 days. The new bill prevents these stays.

And my mother is sick and lives out of town. Last year, I would go out of town to visit/help her during stays were folks were repeat visitors and have become friends. One woman who was in town on business stayed with me three times. On the third time, I felt very comfortable being gone from the house and she did too. Also not possible with bill.

The bill is far too restrictive. It's intent is to shut down Airbnb. Like I said, it was created by the Hotel industry (and Councilmember) McDuffie. They don't care about the everyday person looking to Airbnb, just protecting their profits.

Very sad.

You're running a boarding house. Get legit and stop griping. DC actually has a "boarding house" license for the very thing you're doing. You're lucky you haven't already been slapped with a fine. This is why we have zoning...why are you so special that you get flout zoning laws with a commercial business on a residential plat?

How do your neighbors feel about you running a boarding next door to them?

Ha! You've never heard of homesharing I see. No, it's not boarding. Homesharing is common around the world and brings millions of dollars to local economies. Airbnb has brought millions to the city in taxes (100 million is last stat I saw). All of my guests pay a 14.5% occupancy tax.

Arlington Va just passed a homesharing law the allows the host to rent for 185 days in comparison to DC's 15 days.

Arlington wants the loads of money homesharing brings in but apparently DC doesn't need it.

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine why anyone would want to be a regular landlord in dc. The preponderance of the law is tenant rights. You can have a horrible non paying destructive tenant and eviction is a nightmare. Person all i think air bnb is a boon for those who don't want to deal with that, but of course our pious city council thinks otherwise. More regulations is always the order of their day.

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Anonymous wrote:What's next? Death to Uber too?

These politicians don't get innovation.

I'm not opposed to regulations, but if you review the proposal (up to $7,000 in fines, hotel-type inspections, etc).

These are homeowners who are opening their houses to others (not like hotel) but often these folks become friends. It's a completely different model.

It's as simple as this... hotels were losing money because of Airbnb. They put lots of money and lobbying behind destroying Airbnb...

Enter Kenyon McDuffie... problem solved!

The problem is that 50-70%+ of AirBnB bookings are done via professional managers with multiple properties. The situation you described ("opening their houses to others (not like hotel) but often these folks become friends...") is very much in the minority.

The city council has an obligation to the voters to ensure that there is a healthy supply of real estate for full time, tax paying residents. When landlords start pulling units off the market to peddle them as hotel rooms - without the proper zoning and licensing - they are imposing a negative externality on their neighbors and the rest of the city.