Louisiana House OKs fines for STR platforms who collect booking fees on illegal short term rental listings. #PlatformAccountabilty
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Scammers post man’s pool on Swimply to pocket the rental fee. Swimply claims fake listings are rare, but a news investigation found that may not be the case. An investigative team posted several fraudulent listings that Swimply failed to detect & remove.
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Police investigating shots fired outside of an Airbnb in the Poconos that’s a known “party house”. This is the 430th news report I’ve found of a shooting at a short term rental since 5/2019. #EnoughWithThePartyHouses #CommunityNotCommodity yahoo.com/news/pd-shots-…

Airbnb party in rural Utah attended by 'hundreds' erupts in shootout w/ handguns & a submachine gun. This is the 429th news report I’ve found of a shooting at a short term rental since 5/2019. #EnoughWithThePartyHouses #HomesNotHotels #CommunityNotCommodity kpcw.org/summit-county/…

Police shut down loud South Tampa Airbnb party with 200 to 300 people #EnoughWithThePartyHouses #HomesNotHotels #NeighborsNotStrangers #CommunityNotCommodity
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When Tourism Becomes a Burden: “Study by experts has proven platforms such as Airbnb are not just increasing accommodation capacity, but are also changing the morphology of a city. In other words, they are changing the way a city develops & is structured.”horizons-mag.ch/2024/03/07/whe…

New regulations limit short-term rental operations across Plano, TX #HomesNotHotels #NeighborsNotStrangers #CommunityNotCommodity
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Are people moving out (also) because of the short-term rentals?

A new perspective on the issue of migration in the Regional Studies

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Dubrovnik University Regional Studies Association EUScience&Innovation🇪🇺 Croatian Science Foundation #econtwitter

Intoxicated 25 yr old man breaks into Nashville woman’s apartment, tells police he thought it was his Airbnb. #HomesNotHotels #NeighborsNotStrangers #CommunityNotCommodity scoopnashville.com/2024/05/rhet-w…

When an Airbnb Moves In Next Door, It's Neighbor vs. Neighbor
#HomesNotHotels #NeighborsNotStrangers #CommunityNotCommodity
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$1.3 million settlement reached in Orange Park, FL Airbnb drowning. Attorney representing victim’s family said Airbnb & host failed to safely maintain the pool & if they had, their loved one would still be alive. firstcoastnews.com/article/news/l…

Are AirBnB Rentals Considered 'Single-Family Residential' Uses Under a Subdivision's Restrictive Covenants? The Third Department says no, in a decision that could have wide ranging impacts for NY’s short term rental market. Take a look:
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California woman explains neighborhood revolt against disruptive Airbnb renters: We're not a hotel trib.al/VVkJPD6

California woman arrested with over 20 lbs of meth in DEA drug bust at the Springfield, MO airport told law enforcement she was en route to an Airbnb she had been instructed to book. #HomesNotHotels #NeighborsNotStrangers #CommunityNotCommodity ozarksfirst.com/top-stories/tw…

Arizona Neighborhood Alliance president Susan Edwards tells Axios 'it's frustrating to hear the Legislature talk about the need for more housing but ignore the role short-term rentals play in the shortage.'