Harvard Gazette – When the ‘sharing economy’ doesn’t

December 21, 2015
…Other people would see the Airbnb host basically running a little hotel, and wouldn’t want to offer any exception to legal duties that have been on the books for decades already. Separately, I wouldn’t be shocked if state and city nondiscrimination authorities wanted to take enforcement actions based on what we’ve already found. In fact, a couple of them have been in touch with us already. They seem to think, as we do, that there’s no place for discrimination in online marketplaces…
Source: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/12/when-the-sharing-economy-doesnt/