After years of watching the supply of affordable housing plummet, evictions and demolitions surge and landlords score quick profits with short-term rentals, Los Angeles officials are striking back.

After years of watching the supply of affordable housing plummet, evictions and demolitions surge and landlords score quick profits with short-term rentals, Los Angeles officials are striking back.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday demanded answers from the home-sharing website Airbnb over allegations that African-American guests face discrimination when trying to rent a room or house through the site.

Recent research shows that more than a third of Airbnb homes/apartments for rent are by hosts who don’t even live in them.

A state agency is warning Tennesseans to keep safety in mind when using increasingly popular home-sharing websites like Airbnb.

A Vancouver city Councillor is looking to book a solution to B.C.’s Airbnb question by taking taxes to the service itself.

If the goal is to bring short-term-rentals out of the black market, New Orleans’ latest proposal might be dead on arrival.

Wednesday in Key Largo, Monroe County commissioners will review a proposal to initiate a class-action lawsuit against Airbnb in a bid to force the company to be more forthcoming about the unit owners who use the firm’s online booking platform.

Some industry experts and housing advocates say the growth of Airbnb has pushed the price of rent and housing higher, but how much or how little can be difficult to prove.