Category Archives: sharing economy

Private Property Rights. Sunshine State Super Short. Super Powerful Bill on Vacation Rentals.

 A local law, ordinance, or regulation may not restrict
  the use of vacation rentals, prohibit vacation rentals, or
  regulate the duration or frequency of rental of vacation rentals
  based solely on their classification, use, or occupancy. This
  paragraph does not apply to any local law, ordinance, or
  regulation adopted on or before June 1, 2011.

Florida HB 425 (2017)

Sunshine State News | House Committee Approves Bill to Deregulate Vacation Rentals

 

Private Property Rights. Home Sharing. City Rewrites Home Sharing Ordinance. The Details are in the Data.

The City: Chicago

The proposed revisions to home sharing ordinances will:

  • Require homeowners to retain the names of guests but only require disclosure with a warrant or subpoena
  • 4% surcharge on each rental
    • Revenue estimated is $2 million/year
    • revenue will be earmarked for homeless
  • Allows areas of the city that are zoned as single-family homes the ability to pass petitions to restrict the home rentals

Chicago Tribune | Mayor Emanuel wants changes to home-sharing rules

Private Property Rights. Home Sharing Regulations. 5 Keys to Effective Regulations.

A Wharton School of Business, President Trump’s Alma Matter, features an interview with Wharton’s Kevin Wherbach offering these tips and examples to foster nascent industry:

  • Look to the FCC and its treatment of Skype. Skype didn’t fit neatly in industry categoried and regulations. FCC VOIP regulations were written such that the door was left open and Skype flourished by working with regulators.
  • Don’t rush to impose traditional rules on ride share companies like Uber.
  • Anti-trust case against…

Private Property Rights. Model. Midwest. Home Share. Tax Deal.

The State: Kansas

The tax deal between Kansas and AirBnB: Airbnb will automatically collect & remit the same state & local taxes as a hotel/motel

Will fees to property owners increase? No.

How many statewide deals has Airbnb entered into? 15

  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Connecticut
  • Florida
  •  Illinois
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • North Carolina
  •  Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Washington

Airbnb agreements with large cities:

  • San Francisco
  • Portland,…

Business Trend. Land Use Regulations Meet Business Opportunity for Sharing Economy.

Where: Nashville, TN

The Business Rethinking Land Use, Parking Requirements & Transportation: Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group

What did Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group Leverage to be granted a variance from parking space requirements for its building epxansion?  The unanimous variance was granted for TriStar to partner with ride share to “pay monthly rates for the commutes for 23 employees, equal to the number of parking spaces” lost to the building expansion

Nashville…

City Property use. City Creates an Airbnb for unused office space. City fleet ride share on horizon.

The city: Amsterdam

The initial home share concept launching in early 2017: Free access to some 15 underused city meeting rooms

The ultimate goal of the city sharing economy: to make available unused city rooms and unusued city fleet vehciles

How does it offset the economic boon of hte sharing economy? The City project is limited to non-profits

Sharing Economy welcome the collaborative economy

Huffington Post | Amsterdam has created a free Airbnb for city-owned buildings

3 Private Property Rights Arguments Against Northern City Regulation of Home Sharing

The City: Chicago

The Current Ordinance Status: Enacted. Full effect December 2016. 2 pending lawsuits involvling the Liberty Justice Center and Goldwater Center. 

The private property rights challenges raised against the ordinances:

  • extra tax on home sharing
  • limit on number of units in a building that can be rented through home sharing platform at a given time
  • property hosts must maintain records on guests

Chicago Tribune | Chicago’s Airbnb home-sharing rules are ‘draconian,’…