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01-23-2018, 08:30 AM
Airbnb hosts face fees in city worried about affordable housing
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Airbnb hosts in Boston could get hit with fees in an effort to combat high rents in popular neighborhoods. **
On Monday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced that he had filed a city ordinance to regulate short-term rentals. His plan would charge Airbnb hosts fees for renting out their properties, as well as limit the number of days a unit can be rented out.*
SEE ALSO: 2 Airbnb hosts could be fined up to $148,000 for illegally renting out their apartments (http://mashable.com/2017/12/05/airbnb-charge-singapore/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
"This ordinance is an important step towards our goal of reducing housing costs by creating disincentives to take units off the market for use as short-term rentals," Mayor Walsh said in a statement (https://www.boston.gov/news/mayor-walsh-files-ordinance-establishing-guidelines-and-regulations-short-term-rentals-boston). "It also allows for the continued use of short-term rentals in scenarios that are non-disruptive to our neighborhoods and support our tourism industry." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/22/boston-regulations-airbnb-housing/)
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Airbnb hosts in Boston could get hit with fees in an effort to combat high rents in popular neighborhoods. **
On Monday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced that he had filed a city ordinance to regulate short-term rentals. His plan would charge Airbnb hosts fees for renting out their properties, as well as limit the number of days a unit can be rented out.*
SEE ALSO: 2 Airbnb hosts could be fined up to $148,000 for illegally renting out their apartments (http://mashable.com/2017/12/05/airbnb-charge-singapore/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
"This ordinance is an important step towards our goal of reducing housing costs by creating disincentives to take units off the market for use as short-term rentals," Mayor Walsh said in a statement (https://www.boston.gov/news/mayor-walsh-files-ordinance-establishing-guidelines-and-regulations-short-term-rentals-boston). "It also allows for the continued use of short-term rentals in scenarios that are non-disruptive to our neighborhoods and support our tourism industry." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/22/boston-regulations-airbnb-housing/)
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