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[News] Regulations on Sharing accommodation  - San Francisco

Unlike Uber, Airbnb tends to recognize sharing as legal but limited to days or limited to places where hosts reside. Airbnb about sharing accommodation starting point of the business of San Francisco was the first amending the legal and continuous discussion and alive.The statute of autonomy, San Francisco, san francisco administrative code chapter residential : 41 a unit conversion and by revising in part known as the demolitionCalled ‘Act on Airbnb’, passed the short-term rental accommodation was legalized. The accommodation also restrictions on share market leading San Francisco, California, Airbnb in San Francisco in less than the center of the world.Let's take a look at the national response.



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San francisco's short - term rental ordinance (administrative code a 41 chapter) the platform, the operator for some regulation provides only an act of only a special entry regulation.And do not. The shared accommodation of shelter to permanent residents would be required. (permanent resident) a permanent residence in order to be applicable should be at least more than 275 days in a residential area. If the new residents live there, at least 60 days in a row of residence is required. As a result, only one of the supplier's residences can be provided for short-term accommodation, even if the supplier has multiple homes. In the case of a permanent residence only residential business registration certificate for the Finance and Revenue (san francisco office of the treasurer and tax collector) of San Francisco.Should receive (business registration certificate) and should receive a certificate (certificate) in the office rental accommodation, followed by short term. This certification gives oil for two years be well. However, Airbnb, San Francisco, in the case of the registration of suppliers through a pact with the agency got the right to.

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Previously, San Francisco's accommodation sharing regulations were introduced in a way that relied on autonomous reporting of hosts, which drew criticism that the regulations were ineffective. Thus, the platform operators began to be given various obligations by introducing the relevant regulations one after the other, with amendments made in the second and the third in 2016. First, the platform operator must provide the host with information that the host needs to know, such as permanent residence, registration of short-term lodgers, and taxes. When any accommodation is provided for accommodation, it should be checked whether it is registered for short-term accommodation. Accordingly, the platform operator shall not provide services to the registered provider if the supplier on the list does not have a valid registration number, has expired, has been rejected, or has been revoked. Whether the host is registered as a single stay-at-home rental agent must also be checked before payment is made to the host in accordance with the contract. On the other hand, the platform operator is required to retain three years of transaction information for each host, which the short-term accommodation rental office can verify by administrative subpoena In addition, the platform operator is required to submit an oath statement to the short-term accommodation office each month stating that reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the hosts are operating legally. In addition, the list of platforms will be monitored once a month from the short-term lodging rental office. If they are violated, the platform operator may also be subject to criminal punishment and other sanctions.

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One of the residences may be leased at a limit of up to 90 days per year if he or she stays in the residence together, but the number of days that he or she can lease to one person in a row is limited to 30 days. This seems to be aimed at maintaining the character of short-term accommodation. The accommodation must be the dwelling of a person. It also imposes a short-term stay tax of 14 percent, the same as hotels, and requires $500,000 in liability insurance. However, if the platform site already offers similar liability insurance, the host does not have to take out liability insurance. It is also obliged to post the certificate number of the certificate received by the short-term accommodation rental office on the platform operator's site. Other than that, it is not allowed to rent out parts that are not licensed for construction, and at the same time, only five people are allowed to stay. Compliance with them is confirmed by the platform operator. In the meantime, the second and third amendments above also give the host an additional obligation to report quarterly the use of the dwelling only once a year.

San Francisco's accommodation-sharing platform operator is regulated by its short-term accommodation rental office. Rather than the obligation to perform something directly, the platform operator mainly carries out the obligation to manage and supervise the regulations on the host, which is the supplier, to provide the results of such management and supervision to the short-term lodging rental office. Providers are also subject to the regulations of the short-term accommodation rental office, but the above entry and action regulations show that many of the obligations are managed and controlled by the platform operator. In other words, the platform operator's role as the regulatory body is as visible as it is in ride sharing.