The city of Los Angeles is suing the popular vacation rental platform Vrbo, for allowing hosts to book guests without registering under the city's short-term rental ordinance.
The city of Los Angeles is suing the popular vacation rental platform HomeAway.com, now branded as Vrbo, for allowing hosts to book guests without registering under the city's short-term rental ordinance.was passed in December 2018 in an effort to reign in the explosion of vacation rentals made popular with online home-sharing sites like Airbnb.lawsuit
, which was announced Monday. Feuer noted that decreasing housing supply and rising rents largely propelled the ordinance. "[The home-sharing ordinance] was designed to strike some balance," Feuer said."And if people are violating it, they're violating that balance, and they're unfairly taking advantage of those who are abiding by the rules."L.A. requires property owners to register with the city if they want to rent out their homes for stints of 30 days or less. They must also pay a nightly rental fee to the city and collect transient occupancy taxes from guests.
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