Possible Crackdown On Airbnb Rentals Have Some Worried About Making Ends Meet
The new restrictions would include limiting the number of days most people can rent their places to 120 days a year.
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The new restrictions would include limiting the number of days most people can rent their places to 120 days a year.
Three of the four people leaving the Airbnb were black, but police say it wasn't their race that raised suspicions of the neighbor.
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After crafting the rules for more than two years, the Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved a proposal that would limit rentals from Airbnb and other companies to 120 days a year.
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The city council is taking up a plan that would put some caps on these types of rentals.
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