City Life

I'm in agreement. Go after the amateur hotel LLC landlords and allow the occasional Airbnb-ers. Maybe the city chose the route, though, because it is harder to distinguish between the two in a simple way.

The people I know who do short term rentals only rent out their homes when they are out of town (e.g., one friend works in the arts and this allows her to travel for work abroad; my neighbors, also artists, do this a couple times a year so that their family can go on vacation). I think this will hurt the little guys. I think the people I know might end up doing home swaps (swapping their house or apartment for free) - which would still mean strangers in their home that neighbors might have to interact or deal with, but not covered by this policy.