February 8, 2017
The home sharing company Airbnb is rallying against a D.C. Council bill that would create a regulatory framework for short-term rental bookings in the District. The legislation proposes strict limits on Washingtonians who use the website to rent out rooms to temporary guests.Affordable housing advocates complain apartment buildings across the District have become illegal hotels. They argue that housing stock should instead be rented to D.C. residents. “We have a very competitive housing market, so any unit that’s being lost by turning into a hotel room is an apartment that somebody can’t live in,” said DC Jobs With Justice executive director Elizabeth Falcon…
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