The law seeks to ban all short-term rentals with a minimum stay of 30 nights and require owners to register their rentals with the city.
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A bill proposed in Cleveland could effectively ban nearly half of the city’s short-term rentals.
Ordinance 588, proposed by Cleveland City Councilors Kerry McCormack and Jenny Spencer, seeks to ban all short-term rentals with a minimum stay of 30 nights — which currently make up 44% of Cleveland’s short-term rental stock, according to AirDNA.
“The short-term use of residences by individuals can have a negative impact on the residential character of a community, which encourages people to buy homes in the community in the first place; the replacement of permanent residents by temporary visitors may undermine solidarity, communication and responsibility among permanent residents,” the legislation states. wrote.
The legislation also includes a series of new rules for VRBO and Airbnb rentals, including requiring them to register for detailed licenses annually, limit the number of guests who can stay in a rental and adhere to short-term occupancy limits. .
Other proposed regulations include requiring leasing operators to show proof of at least $300,000 in liability insurance and have a registered contact person who can be on the property within an hour if any issues arise.
The legislation comes after years of complaints about the quality of life from locals living near short-term rentals.
McCormack told The Cleveland Press: “I will tell you the volume of complaints, emails and phone calls from desperate residents who are justifiably angry because the properties they are associated with, and in some cases right next to them, are completely Out of control. Scenes. “And the owners probably don’t care much about them.”
The ordinance could be voted on by the full City Council as early as June, according to the City Council. Scenes.
Cleveland’s crackdown comes after New York City passed one of the nation’s strictest short-term rental regulations in 2023, which went in the opposite direction, banning short-term rentals from accepting tenants for less than 30 days and requiring all short-term rentals to register and registration. The ban has significantly reduced the number of Airbnbs in New York City since it was passed last summer, but some non-compliant rentals continue to slip through the crackdown.
San Francisco has similar requirements that require hosts to register with the city and live in their rentals for at least 275 days per year, but a 2019 NBC Bay Area survey found that nearly half of the city’s short-term rental landlords were in their rentals. Lies in the house.
Airbnb and VRBO did not respond to requests for comment by deadline.
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