https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/urban-policy-recommendations-for-airbnb-style-short-term-rentals/2013/06/02 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:23:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/urban-policy-recommendations-for-airbnb-style-short-term-rentals/2013/06/02/comment-page-1#comment-536429 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:23:32 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=31380#comment-536429 Some good ideas in this paper, but I have a couple of concerns as well.
> the paper has some great ideas for the Host that wants to rent out space in their home or apartment, but there are a wide variety of other short term rental scenarios, and the paper neither excludes them or addresses their needs.
> while a rule that says someone renting a room in their house for short term stays can not do it frequently enough to break even on their costs might have some merit, someone who rents out a historic home or special home full time should not be prevented from breaking even and making a small profit if they are lucky enough to be able to do so.
> many of those of us who try to rent our homes as much as possible don’t have a problem with paying the same level of lodging taxes that a B&B and other lodging option would pay.
> short term rentals support economic development in many communities that new more economic activity, so limits on income and taxes paid would be actually limiting the economic contributions of such rentals.

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