Government
NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 16-23
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: City’s New Rules on Short Term Rentals Will Hurt Small Homeowners
David Summers |
“Undermining the ability of individual homeowners to rent property based on their needs is an imbalanced infringement upon owners’ rights, discourages home ownership, and represents a slippery slope towards government overreach. Prohibiting short term rentals would severely impact homeowners’ ability to meet financial obligations and continue to live in the city.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Updating NY’s Home-Sharing Rules Would Aid State’s Recovery
Danie Herard |
‘The current system is confusing and overly restrictive. A teacher should be allowed to rent out her home for a few days when she’s away for the summer, and a family should be able to rent an apartment for a week so they can stay in the city and take their kids to see Broadway shows and visit museums.’
airbnb
Housing Update: City Cracks Down on Illegal Airbnbs
Harry DiPrinzio |
The housing stories you might have missed this week.
airbnb
CityViews: Crackdown Against AirBnB Hurts Families of Color
Kirsten Foy |
‘The state and city of New York have instituted policies that threaten to stifle innovation and undermine efforts to grow our economy from the bottom up and from the middle out.’
