Post by High Priestess on May 15, 2017 23:21:59 GMT
I just read this article, and in taking a look at the NYC rules about renting out bedrooms, I was surprised by the draconian restrictions they place on room rentals -- I've never seen the like of it in another city.
A host in a NYC apartment with 4 bedrooms, who lived in the apartment and rented out the other bedrooms, was shut down by the city, because apparently, one cannot rent out to more than 2 boarders/renters at once.
www.reddit.com/r/AirBnB/comments/6bb98k/urgent_nyc_airbnb_shut_down_today_but_we_had/
The NYC laws:
www.nycrgb.org/html/resources/hmc/sub3/art4.html#27-2078
I find such laws to be offensively restrictive, as well as discriminatory on their face. In essence what is involved here is discrimination on the basis of familial status, which is prohibited by federal law.
Nevertheless, it's a kind of discrimination that is strongly built into the zoning codes of many cities, having to do with "single family residences". The Term "single family residence" is itself discriminatory, because it shows how laws are biased towards nuclear families and against other/alternative families, intentional communities and tribes.
So in essence these laws imply that 30 people could live in a 4 bedroom home, as long as they are all related, even if they all "pay" towards the rent or mortgage. But if they are not related, 4 people cannot live together in the same apartment or home, where 3 of them are renters.
This statement from the NYC law would effect a large number of Airbnb bookings. If a host can't have more than 2 renters or boarders, and this means that no more than 2 bedrooms could be rented...even if it's a very large home, say with 4 to 6 bedrooms. Secondly, it means that a host could never rent to a couple with a child, because that right there is 3 people, which puts the # of renters in violation of the law.
Further, there is a law specifically prohibiting renting a room to a couple with a child. The law says this:
A host in a NYC apartment with 4 bedrooms, who lived in the apartment and rented out the other bedrooms, was shut down by the city, because apparently, one cannot rent out to more than 2 boarders/renters at once.
www.reddit.com/r/AirBnB/comments/6bb98k/urgent_nyc_airbnb_shut_down_today_but_we_had/
The NYC laws:
www.nycrgb.org/html/resources/hmc/sub3/art4.html#27-2078
Sec. 27-2078 Rental of rooms to borders
A family may rent one or more living rooms in an apartment to not more than two boarders, roomers or lodgers, if every living room in such apartment has free and unobstructed access to each required exit from such apartment as provided in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision four of section two hundred forty-eight or paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section fifty-three of the multiple dwelling law, and if each such boarder, roomer or lodger has access to, and the right to use, at least one water closet, bath or shower and one washbasin as may be required in or for an apartment in this code.
Where a tenant rents any part of an apartment in a multiple dwelling to more than two boarders, roomers or lodgers, such rental shall constitute a use of the apartment for single room occupancy and such rental in an apartment of a converted dwelling shall constitute an unlawful use as a rooming unit.
A family may rent one or more living rooms in a private dwelling to not more than two boarders, roomers or lodgers, except as otherwise prohibited under the zoning resolution of the city of New York.
A family may rent one or more living rooms in an apartment to not more than two boarders, roomers or lodgers, if every living room in such apartment has free and unobstructed access to each required exit from such apartment as provided in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision four of section two hundred forty-eight or paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section fifty-three of the multiple dwelling law, and if each such boarder, roomer or lodger has access to, and the right to use, at least one water closet, bath or shower and one washbasin as may be required in or for an apartment in this code.
Where a tenant rents any part of an apartment in a multiple dwelling to more than two boarders, roomers or lodgers, such rental shall constitute a use of the apartment for single room occupancy and such rental in an apartment of a converted dwelling shall constitute an unlawful use as a rooming unit.
A family may rent one or more living rooms in a private dwelling to not more than two boarders, roomers or lodgers, except as otherwise prohibited under the zoning resolution of the city of New York.
I find such laws to be offensively restrictive, as well as discriminatory on their face. In essence what is involved here is discrimination on the basis of familial status, which is prohibited by federal law.
Nevertheless, it's a kind of discrimination that is strongly built into the zoning codes of many cities, having to do with "single family residences". The Term "single family residence" is itself discriminatory, because it shows how laws are biased towards nuclear families and against other/alternative families, intentional communities and tribes.
So in essence these laws imply that 30 people could live in a 4 bedroom home, as long as they are all related, even if they all "pay" towards the rent or mortgage. But if they are not related, 4 people cannot live together in the same apartment or home, where 3 of them are renters.
This statement from the NYC law would effect a large number of Airbnb bookings. If a host can't have more than 2 renters or boarders, and this means that no more than 2 bedrooms could be rented...even if it's a very large home, say with 4 to 6 bedrooms. Secondly, it means that a host could never rent to a couple with a child, because that right there is 3 people, which puts the # of renters in violation of the law.
Further, there is a law specifically prohibiting renting a room to a couple with a child. The law says this:
No rooming unit shall be occupied by a family with a child under the age of sixteen years, except that if a child is born to a family residing in such accommodations