Airbnb is teaming up with landlords in an effort to make peace with one of the home-sharing service’s biggest critics…

Airbnb is a digital marketplace allowing homeowners to list rooms or properties for holiday lets. It claims to list properties in over 190 countries across the world with over 60 million users since its creation. That said, it is has recently come in for criticism from the Residential Landlords Association for ‘compounding the housing crisis’…

In New York City, it’s illegal in many cases to rent out your apartment to travelers. Yet one group of dwellings is widely believed to be exempt from enforcement: one- and two-family homes. WNYC has learned that belief is mistaken: New York City has quietly been invoking decades-old codes to fine private homeowners who use home-sharing […]

If you rent a unit via Airbnb or Homeaway/VRBO in Noe Valley without following the rules, beware…

Could a rash of recent complaints against supposedly illegal Airbnb listings made mostly in the Noe Valley area be the work of one vigilante? Socketsite is wondering just that, observing that since the beginning of the year there have been a total of 400 claims regarding purportedly illegal short-term rental activity, acts including Airbnbing without registration and/or […]

Airbnb is stepping up its public relations efforts as cities like Vancouver continue to grapple with a shortage of rental units….

The rapidly rising cost of rental units in Canada’s largest cities, along with vacancy rates near zero, mean it’s increasingly difficult for people who rely on rental units to find – and keep – their housing. Like the real estate market, rental prices have become detached from incomes and are forcing people to live in […]

As the City of Vancouver prepares a report on the impact of Airbnb on housing, the company is touting itself as way for cash-strapped residents to pay their bills…

FORT LEE – After tabling an ordinance that would prohibit short-term home rentals in order to consider an appeal by the website Airbnb for regulation rather than an outright ban, the borough will likely vote to enact its original legislation, possibly with tweaks, within the next 30 to 60 days…

Airbnb foes are taking aim at one of the top reasons people use the site: They think it’s cheaper than a hotel…