Since 1st July, the new home-sharing regulations are now in place for the City of Los Angeles. It drastically changes the way hosts from Airbnb and other sites, can book short-term rentals and vacation stays.
Enforcement of these draconian regulations begins on 1st November 2019.
Here’s what hosts need to know:
Hosts must register with the City planning department and pay an $89 fee.
Only the host’s primary residence, where a host lives for at least 6 months per year, can be rented out.
Renters can’t home-share without prior written approval of their landlord.
Rent-controlled units are not eligible for home-sharing, even if you own your own rent-controlled unit.
Hosts may not register for or operate more than one home-sharing rental unit at a time in the City.
Hosts cannot home-share for more than 120 days in a calendar year, unless they have registered with the City for ‘extended home-sharing’.
The ‘extended home-sharing’ option allows hosts to rent out residences for an unlimited number of days. To get approval from the city, hosts have to pay an $850 fee. To qualify, they need to be registered with the city for at least 6 months or hosted for at least 60 days. Hosts who have received a citation in the past 3 years will be disqualified, unless they pay a $5,660 fee to have their case reviewed.
Non-residential buildings and temporary structures are not eligible for home-sharing; that includes vehicles parked on the property as well as storage sheds, trailers, yurts, and tents.
Hosts are responsible for providing a Code of Conduct to all guests, with rules about amplified sound and evening outdoor congregations.
About 23,000 housing units are available for rent in the City of LA on short-term rental platforms, with about 10,000 units primarily used for short-term rentals.
Here’s a link to the 9 best alternatives to AirBnB:
https://www.curbed.com/2016/12/13/13933554/airbnb-vacation-rental-alternatives
