Cities Are Scrambling to Blunt Airbnb’s Impact. San Francisco Actually Got This One Right

It’s been called “<a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/09/07/mauis-new-message-to-tourists" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the end of Airbnb as we know it</a>” and a “<a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2023/09/21/what-a-de-facto-ban-on-airbnb-means-for-new-york-city/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">de facto ban</a>.” That latter cry came via Airbnb itself, as New York City recently enacted a slate of tough regulations on short-term rentals after years of worry that the services were sucking up valuable housing stock and accelerating gentrification. In New Orleans, where in some neighborhoods <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/airbnb-city-housing-rent-18183444.php#:~:text=Data%20collected%20by%20the%20New,in%20my%20neighborhood%20by%20activists." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">up to 10 percent</a> of homes may be listed on sites like Airbnb, and in Phoenix, lawmakers are debating another round of new laws. Even small cities, <a href="https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/housing/bangor-city-council-airbnb-short-term-rental-property-regulations-housing-community-maine-business-money-economy/97-2b29fdd1-6960-49cd-9066-91563c3a437b" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">like Bangor, Maine</a>, are debating how best to short out short-term rentals, or STRs. <a href="https://thefrisc.com/as-cities-scramble-to-rein-in-airbnb-san-francisco-actually-got-this-one-right-541e440ae294">Read More</a>