Neighborhood Preservation Alliance of Colorado Springs

11/07/2024

"In June, Collboni announced a plan to stop renewing permits for rentals used by foreign visitors by 2028, a move that would make 10,000 units available to locals in four years."

The crowd, which numbered 3,000 people, according to local media, also marched holding a large banner demanding that city officials “decrease tourists now.”

29/05/2024

"Airbnb responded to the initial deaths in 2014 by asserting it would mandate carbon monoxide detectors in all its listings but that's yet to happen."

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky will appear on NBC Nightly News to discuss challenges his company is facing, including a carbon monoxide detector mandate.

18/05/2024

"It's been really lovely," Steamboat Springs resident Torey Wodnik told KUNC about living in the new red zones. "We have a handful of brand new full-time, year-round neighbors who are a part of our neighborhood, part of our community, living here, working here."

The preponderance of "professional hosts" in spots from Hawaii to Florida could make stays cheaper for travelers but amp up competition for new hosts.

29/04/2024

“A lot of people will say Airbnb is here to stay, but New York City shows you that’s not necessarily the case. When they decided to enforce their housing laws, it was really effective,” says Cox. “New York City’s approach is a good model to show that we can be as restrictive as we want. It’s up to us.”

Communities across the US are finding clever ways to crack down on the short-term housing market, making more homes available for residents.

22/04/2024

Yes. STRs do raise rents for all.

"After Irvine's ban went into effect, long-term rents in the city dropped by 3%, according to the study, a decrease of $114 a month on average."

When one California city banned Airbnbs, monthly rents plunged $114 on average. It's clear: Banning short-term rentals can help bring down rent.

21/04/2024

Want a safe place to stay? Get a hotel, per advice from police.

"Officers told the renters that if they felt unsafe, they should find a hotel for the remainder of their stay."

Police in Lexington, Kentucky, confirmed they were called out to investigate an Airbnb stay that left the renter “unsettled.”

19/04/2024

Unlike Colorado Springs, New York City is "determined to enforce the new law and prosecute those who violate it, including through significant economic sanctions."

The new law regarding short-term rentals on Airbnb is certainly not to be taken lightly, as demonstrated by the recent

12/04/2024

“On Kauai, for example, more units are becoming vacation rentals every year than we are building annually, so we have literally declining housing stock on Kauai, and the same thing is happening on Maui — even pre-fire.”

For the first time in years, Hawaiian legislators are advancing bills that would allow counties to phase out short-term rentals. What could that mean for locals and visitors?

06/03/2024

"'Houses used to be for employees and hotels for guests. Now houses are for guests and hotels are for employee housing".

In Steamboat Springs, Colorado, even high-earners are being priced out, NBC reported.The city manager said two people turned down a six-figure job after

12/09/2023

Amazing work by our friends in Woodland Park!

"[We] just don’t want [STRs] to continue to ruin the character of residential neighborhoods within the city."

05/09/2023

"The company sued New York City in June, but a judge dismissed the case in August, ruling that the restrictions were “entirely rational.”

We agree with the judge!

https://www.wired.com/story/airbnb-ban-new-york-city/

24/03/2023

"It's not normal to have a business that doesn't worry about the legitimacy of the people who do business with it, and who puts the responsibility on municipal and provincial instances -- so taxpayers pay. When you think about it, it's totally absurd," Plante said.

Short-term rental company Airbnb says it will pull listings that don't have a proper permit from the Quebec government. The San Francisco-based company made the announcement eight days after a fatal fire destroyed an Old Montreal building that housed illegal rentals.

25/08/2022

"My fear is losing everything," [Marc McDonald] said, "My wife being sick, she can’t do that, she can’t live in a tent right now."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/colorado-ski-resort-steamboat-springs-is-limiting-short-term-rentals/ar-AA110Fag

Because Colorado ski resort Steamboat Springs is facing a housing crisis, the town passed a ban on new short-term rentals in most of the town, such as those booked on Airbnb.

18/04/2022

More proof that STR operators have no real control over who rents their houses and what happens there.

"...[T]he party was thrown without the knowledge of the host, whose listing banned parties and advertised an overnight noise curfew."

https://abc7.com/pittsburgh-shooting-mass-airbnb/11758822/

Airbnb spokesperson confirmed the house was rented through the company.

11/04/2022

"...[I]f enough of the community's homes get bought up by absentee landlords who operate short-term rentals, it would alter the centuries-long tradition of neighbours helping neighbours that keeps the community bonded together."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/cottage-ontario-airbnb-vbro-1.6407851

There's a growing movement among southwestern Ontario communities to regulate online short-term rental services, such as Airbnb, that critics say put pressure on tight housing markets and dilute the social fabric of communities.

07/03/2022

"In Telluride, only one or two restaurants were open last summer because there weren’t enough workers to keep the others going."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/as-locals-are-priced-out-colorado-mountain-towns-fight-to-keep-workers/ar-AAUGzHT

As locals are priced out of Colorado mountain towns, communities are fighting back with lease limits and loan programs intended to retain their workforces.

24/11/2021

Please read this eloquent letter!

"Your company’s mandate is to grow exponentially forever. If new housing construction doesn’t keep up — and it hasn’t for more than a decade — it’s mathematically impossible that your company won’t take hundreds of millions of houses away from real families in the decades ahead."

https://survivingtomorrow.org/an-open-letter-to-airbnb-8b1b58b4ad33

The pitchforks are coming

05/08/2021

“It wasn’t done quickly,” Muri said. “This was a thought-out discussion from the planning commission and months in front of town council.”

https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article253261113.html

“To eliminate some economic growth for these residents is devastating, because there are not that many options for them.”