Post by High Priestess on May 26, 2016 14:16:19 GMT
See the article:
www.redherring.com/startups/berlins-anti-airbnb-law-goes-court-likely-fail/
In May 2014 the Berlin government implemented its Zweckentfremdungsverbot (roughly translated: an outlawing on misappropriation) to ban the offering of rental flats as vacation ones. The two-year amnesty on that verdict ended this month, with transgressions potentially triggering a six-figure fine. The city has already lobbied successfully against Uber. But this is a different fight altogether.
Alongside Airbnb are companies like Wimdu, a local peer-to-peer renting firm heavily backed by Berlin’s VC giant Rocket Internet. It will take the Zweckentfremdungsverbot to court on June 8th. Wimdu’s communication head told Red Herring he’s confident of a win.
“From our point of view, most people think our appeal against the city will succeed, and in one month it will be dead,” said Bernhard Holzer. “We made the lawsuit that there are overall rights, and that if you have property you have the right to do what you want.”
www.redherring.com/startups/berlins-anti-airbnb-law-goes-court-likely-fail/
In May 2014 the Berlin government implemented its Zweckentfremdungsverbot (roughly translated: an outlawing on misappropriation) to ban the offering of rental flats as vacation ones. The two-year amnesty on that verdict ended this month, with transgressions potentially triggering a six-figure fine. The city has already lobbied successfully against Uber. But this is a different fight altogether.
Alongside Airbnb are companies like Wimdu, a local peer-to-peer renting firm heavily backed by Berlin’s VC giant Rocket Internet. It will take the Zweckentfremdungsverbot to court on June 8th. Wimdu’s communication head told Red Herring he’s confident of a win.
“From our point of view, most people think our appeal against the city will succeed, and in one month it will be dead,” said Bernhard Holzer. “We made the lawsuit that there are overall rights, and that if you have property you have the right to do what you want.”