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San Francisco reaches settlement with Airbnb and HomeAway to enforce short-term rental rules
Summary
City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced a settlement with Airbnb and HomeAway requiring platform-assisted registration, monthly data-sharing with the city's Office of Short Term Rentals, and the deactivation of listings with invalid registrations; the companies and the city will phase in compliance over several months.
San Francisco city officials on May 9 announced a settlement with Airbnb and HomeAway that the city said will enforce the city's short-term rental rules and reduce the number of unlawful listings that have been linked to evictions and housing loss.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera said the agreement dismisses the federal lawsuit the platforms had filed and creates a technical "pass-through" registration system by which prospective hosts can submit registration information directly from a platform to the city's Office of Short Term Rentals (OSTR). The platforms will also provide the city a monthly dataset of San Francisco listings…
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