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April 16, 2014

San Francisco may make short-term rentals legal

  • One city supervisor said the blanket ban is clearly not working given that tens of thousands of visitors to the city use sites such as Airbnb.

    • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Legislation set to be unveiled in San Francisco would make it legal for city residents to rent out their homes on sites such as Airbnb, but only if they have liability insurance and meet other requirements, a newspaper reported.

    Supervisor David Chiu was expected to unveil the legislation on Tuesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1qXNLPc). Short-term rentals are currently banned in San Francisco. Officials in other parts of the country, including New York City, have raised concerns about them as well.


     
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