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Raising awareness of the threat illegal hotels pose to the affordable housing & safety of communities. Sponsored by HANYC & NYHTC
Katılım Ağustos 2014
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A new union deal could require furloughed hotel employees to take a #Covid19 test before returning to work #CrainsNY ow.ly/qBdE50AcFta

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.@Airbnb will now provide NYC quarterly updates of following:
✅listing address
✅name, phone number & email of host
✅whether the short-term rental is for an entire unit/apartment or part of a unit
✅total number of days booked
✅amount received by the host for each transaction
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With the key data sharing and enforcement provisions remaining in place to hold @Airbnb accountable, this settlement is a huge victory for affordable housing advocates and tenants.
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The law will remain the most far-reaching data disclosure law in the country. On top of assisting the City with its enforcement efforts, the info @Airbnb will be required to disclose will act as a very strong deterrent against commercial operators.
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Key protections of the law remain in place. @Airbnb will now have to disclose critical info about its operators, which will improve NYC's ability to enforce existing housing laws & rein in the bad actors & commercial operators who have eaten into our affordable housing stock.
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Airbnb is cutting 1,900 employees, or 25% of its workforce, the company's co-founder and CEO told employees in a memo on.wsj.com/2L090Dl
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BREAKING: Airbnb to lay off nearly 1,900 people, 25% of company
cnbc.com/2020/05/05/air…
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NEWS:
Airbnb planning significant layoffs of full-time employees
- Between 1,000-2,000 staffers expected to lose their jobs
- Airbnb will put aside projects related to transportation, TV studio, luxury
- Will save hundreds of millions of dollars a year
theinformation.com/articles/airbn…
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City warns AirBNB and HomeAway hosts: If your guests throw a party, you're permanently banned from hosting in Chicago. 👇
Kelly Bauer@BauerJournalism
"are issuing a notice to hosts that allow parties and letting them know they will be facing fines and also that they will never be allowed to ever be a shared host operator here in the city of Chicago. Guests that. use shared housing sites like Airbnb and HomeAway and throw ...
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“[@Airbnb hosts] have taken on a lot of risk, and we’re seeing the consequences of that now.” With Airbnb hosts 1-2 months away from foreclosure, many are desperate to sell properties, adding diminishing overall property values to Airbnb's economic disaster.
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One in five @Airbnb hosts said hosting on the platform helped them avoid eviction or foreclosure. Now they have nothing. While they are potentially eligible for small-biz loans and unemployment, it's not clear how many hosts qualify and whether disbursements would be fast enough.
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Despite @Airbnb hosts losing their income with no recourse, Airbnb slashes expenses and secures $2B in financing and a $1B loan. They have no plans to help hosts recover.
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@Airbnb hosts saw $1.5B in bookings vanish mid-March as the travel industry froze. And they were hung out to dry when Airbnb gave guests full refunds that forced hosts to pay out of pocket or beg for leniency on April loans & rent.
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"@Airbnb spawned a cottage industry of homeowners running their own property empires, turning the startup into a hotelier without any hotels." Now, they're stranded and ill-equipped to handle an economic disaster.
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“I made a bargain with the devil.” The promise of more rental income offset growing debt. Owners of short-term rentals can't make ends meet as cancellations and bookings surge for @Airbnb
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"The breakdown of the @Airbnb economy could strain lenders, undermine property values, and validate local govs’ long-held suspicions that Airbnb contributed to the affordable-housing crisis."
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