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LA County Leaders Vote To Advance Rules That Would Limit Vacation Rentals
Trash, noise and misbehaving neighbors: Short-term rental woes in unincorporated LA County
Professor Wachsmuth, McGill University: How to push back on STRs raising rents
L.A. Airbnb hosts are charging higher rates and raking in big payouts amid city crackdown
BNLA is featured on NBC News
Capital & Main: Los Angeles Is Ignoring Thousands of Violations of Its Airbnb Law | February 23, 2023
Listen to KPCC’s recent interview with Professor David Wachsmuth of McGill University below to learn more about the current state of short-term rental enforcement in Los Angeles, and to hear about solutions that platforms and enforcement agencies can implement to protect housing across the City.
LAist reports on McGill Professor’s findings:
LA has lost 2500 homes to STRs and missed out on up to $300m in uncollected fines for HSO violations
LA City Attorney Feuer Sues VRBO for HSO Violations
LA Times:
Nearly 1 in 5 Airbnb listings in L.A. violated city law, advocacy group says
BNLA Calls on City Attorney Mike Feuer to Enforce the HSO
LA City Attorney Candidate Feldstein Soto Calls for HSO Enforcement
BNLA Opinion published on 2urbangirls.com: Why Inglewood Should Regulate Short-Term Rentals
BNLA Urges City of Inglewood To Regulate Un-hosted STRs
after deadly shooting.
Councilmembers Mike Bonin, Bob Blumenfield, Kevin de Leon, Paul Koretz, Nithya Raman, and Monica Rodriguez stand with BNLA against the Vacation Rental Loophole
BNLA Review of Planning’s 2021 Enforcement Report:
Noncompliant Platforms Are Driving HSO Violations
“The Tents of Venice Beach” by Sasha Abramsky
BNLA is featured in The Nation article that ties poor HSO enforcement to increasing number of persons experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles
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Better Neighbors LA Files Amicus Letter to Judge Carter’s Court Order on Homelessness:
HSO Enforcement as a Cost-Efficient Measure to Increase Housing
93% of all Long Beach Airbnb Listings Are Unregistered
Better Neighbors LA assesses state of short-term rentals one year after the Home Sharing Ordinance
Short-Term Rental Hosts Use Improper Exemptions to Evade the Home Sharing Ordinance
Professor David Wachsmuth, McGill University: STRs in Los Angeles
KNX 1070 1/14/202: Attorney Sends City Attorney a Letter Urging LA Shut Down short-term rental in Silver Lake—site of alleged house parties
CBS LA, 1/14/2021: Attorney urges City of LA to Shut Down Alleged Party House in Silverlake
Los Feliz Ledger 1/14/2021: Attorney Demands Silverlake “Party House” be Shut Down
My News LA 1/14/2021: Attorney urges City of LA to Shut Down Alleged Party House in Silverlake
ABC 7 TV, 12/23/2020: Housing activists launch hotline to report illegal short-term rentals
Fox TV 11, 12/21/2020: Law enforcement crack down on secret COVID-19 parties across LA
KNX Radio 1070, 12/21/2020: Silverlake neighborhood residents call on City of LA to enforce Home Sharing Ordinance
Univision 34 12/21/2020: Denuncian alquiler ilegal de viviendas en la ciudad de Los Ángeles para organizar fiestas
ABC 7 TV, 12/23/2020: Housing activists launch hotline to report illegal short-term rentals
Fox TV 11, 12/21/2020: Law enforcement crack down on secret COVID-19 parties across LA
KNX Radio 1070, 12/21/2020: Silverlake neighborhood residents call on City of LA to enforce Home Sharing Ordinance
Univision 34 12/21/2020: Denuncian alquiler ilegal de viviendas en la ciudad de Los Ángeles para organizar fiestas
2 Urban Girls, 12/16/2020: Lawsuit forces short-term rental platform out of LA Market
Bloomberg Law, 12/02/2020: Los Angeles Sue Rental Agency Alleging Lost Wages
Los Angeles Daily News: Protesters decry proposal they say would create short-term rental ‘loophole’
Bloomberg Law: Los Angeles Sue Rental Agency Alleging Lost Wages
City Watch LA: Did AirBnB Super Spreader Parties Doom Los Angeles Reopening?
Washington Post: AirBnB Hopes to Raise $2.6 Billion in mid-December IPO
Bloomberg Business Week: How AirBnB Salvaged its IPO by Managing the Pandemic Pivot
New York Times: AirBnB Fights its “Party House” Problem
LA Times: Thousands of Online Listings are Violating LA’s new short-term rental law
New York Times: Airbnb and similar sites don’t show fees upfront. People are mad about it
City Watch LA: The City Council Wants to Give Rent Stabilization Ordinance Housing to AirBnB
Fast Company: AirBnB’s COVID Crisis Could Be a Boon for Affordable Housing
New York Times: With Vacation Rentals Empty, European Cities See a Chance to Reclaim Housing
Bloomberg City Lab: The Tik Tok Party House Next Door
LA Times: Man Injured in Drive-By-Shooting at Costa Mesa residence Listed on AirBnB
Insurance Journal: Short-Term Rental Sites Combat Party Houses, Complaints as COVID Shuts Nightclubs
NBC: Short Term Rentals Used as Illegal Party Houses Pose Problems
LA Times: A wild Hollywood Hills party draws 100 despite coronavirus orders — then a gunshot rings out