August 26, 2016
Miami Beach’s crackdown on Airbnb and other short-term renters has been swift and brutal. In March, the city changed its rules to levy $20,000 fines on anyone who rents out a space for less than six months, and since then has handed out $1.6 million in fines. But was that crackdown legal? That’s what Ross Milroy, a luxury property broker in Miami Beach, wonders. He points to a 2011 bill passed in Tallahassee that banned local governments from restricting the time or duration of short-term vacation rentals in any form. “They dramatically ratcheted things up when they did that in 2016,” Milroy says, who adds that “this needs a class-action lawsuit” to find out if the city’s new fees are actually permissible. “I think they pushed the envelope too far.” But Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Grieco, who holds a law degree, calls the allegation “nonsense.”…
Source: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-beachs-airbnb-crackdown-might-not-be-legal-under-state-law-opponents-argue-8722454
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