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Seattle will move forward with plans to restrict how many units its residents can list on short-term rental platforms like Airbnb and VRBO.<\/p>\n
Keeping things a little more lax than cities that have adopted a one-host, one-home policy<\/a>, Seattle\u2019s proposal<\/a> would allow each short-term rental host to list their own place of residence coupled with one extra housing unit.<\/p>\n The city has issued a revised set of short-term rental regulations that aim to strike a balance between keeping long-term renters and short-term hosts happy. In Seattle as in many cities, short-term rental services have faced some blame for a deficit in affordable housing for residents and restricted real estate inventory<\/a> across the board.<\/p>\n Under the proposal, hosts renting a primary residence will need to obtain a Short Term Rental Operator\u2019s license from the city in addition to a business license. To limit large-scale commercial operations that take housing units off the normal market, hosts will be restricted to one rental property beyond their own primary residence.<\/p>\n The special licensing will only be issued after hosts obtain proof that a listing is either their primary or secondary residence. The license number can then be tracked and cross-referenced across short-term rental databases to prevent the kind of easy workarounds that other cities struggle to prevent.<\/p>\n As GeekWire reports<\/a>, Seattle\u2019s regulation proposals have evolved since mid-2016 when the city announced it would crack down on homeowners renting a second unit, restricting them to only 90 listed days per year. The plan included a controversial loophole for anyone who had obtained proper licensing before the rules were proposed.<\/p>\n In a statement to TechCrunch, Laura Spanjian, Airbnb public policy director for the Northwest, struck a cooperative tone<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cAirbnb welcomes the new proposal from the City of Seattle regarding the proposed regulation of short-term rentals. We continue to work closely with the City on developing regulations that will protect Seattle\u2019s long-term housing stock while allowing thousands of responsible Airbnb hosts to share their homes to earn meaningful supplemental income to help make ends meet.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n For now, there don\u2019t appear to be any new details on how Seattle will enforce its proposal and punish those who violate it, something cities like Denver<\/a> and Portland<\/a> have struggled with after rolling out their own regulations.<\/p>\n Featured Image: TomKli<\/a>\/Shutterstock<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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Seattle will move forward with plans to restrict how many units its residents can list on short-term rental platforms like Airbnb and VRBO. Keeping things a little more lax than cities that have adopted a one-host, one-home policy, Seattle’s proposal would allow each short-term rental host to list their own place of residence coupled with one extra housing unit. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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