ALBANY — Airbnb is threatening to quickly file a lawsuit if Gov. Cuomo signs into law a bill that would prohibit the advertising of illegal units on home-sharing sites…

New figures released by the company on Tuesday show the extent to which the website, which lets individuals rent out their own homes to travelers, has caught on in Portland. It says 191,000 visitors stayed in Portland Airbnbs over a one-year period that ended in January…

There’s so much attention on Nashville’s short-term rentals, like Airbnbs, that the people who run them have now formed an association and enlisted a lobbyist. They’re gearing up for a batch of six Metro Council bills — some in favor, some against…

Airbnb isn’t done with lawsuits over home rental laws it doesn’t like — not by a long shot. It’s suing Santa Monica over municipal code that effectively bans “vacation rental” services through severe restrictions (you have to be home and obtain a business license, for example) and reporting requirements. For one thing, it claims that the rules violate multiple […]

Airbnb is finally pushing back against Santa Monica’s ban on short-term rentals more than a year after the ban was first passed…

In May 2015, the California city of Santa Monica — the one with the famous pier that’s in just about every beach movie ever made — revised its laws to effectively bar most Airbnb rentals. Now the online home-sharing platform is accusing the city of violating the Constitution and multiple federal laws…

Peg Corbett is Key West’s sharing economy sheriff. Every day, she scours listings on Airbnb, VRBO and HomeAway, not in search of a beautiful home to rent, but in search of people breaking the law…

There is no need for short-term rentals where our children ride their bikes, play outside, enjoy the environment their parents work hard to provide, and attend Dana Point public schools. Our elderly should not have to battle with short-term renters, non-present landlords and the many issues short term-rentals traditionally bring. We have no way of protecting the […]

Imagine you’re a multi-billion dollar company being threatened with something close to a total ban in one of your biggest markets. You plead: Don’t do it. It’ll hurt middle-class people who rely on our services. Then you stain your everyman image — by giving one of the world’s richest and most famous celebrity couples a […]

Angel Sheppard had big plans to spruce up the foreclosed Towson home she bought in June, but right after buying the place Sheppard noticed someone already started making her new house a home…