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June 24, 2016

Illinois takes up Airbnb regulation debate

  • Chicago and Airbnb have been battling for months but now cities and towns across the state are joining in.
    • By SOPHIA TAREEN
    Associated Press

    CHICAGO — Chicago and Airbnb have battled for months over the proposed tightening of short-term rental rules in the nation's third largest city, but the debate has also quietly rippled out into some of the smaller communities across Illinois.

    From creatively interpreting existing laws to near-bans on the burgeoning industry, the cities are finding their own ways to either generate new revenues or simply quell complaints about rowdy out-of-towners.


     
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