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Briefing
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- Settled Lawsuit – San Francisco city settled Airbnb’s lawsuit over local ordinance stopping company from taking booking for unregistered properties
- Short-Term Rental Regulation – Requires properties for short-term rentals to have registration numbers to prevent listing cancellation and deactivation starting early 2018
- Airbnb Registration System – Settlement compels Airbnb to develop system that collects host information, such as name, address, and zipcode, which would then be provided to city officials
- Next Steps – Settlement awaits approval of San Francisco mayor and board of supervisors, while implementation of Airbnb's registration systems in other cities, such as Denver, New Orleans and Chicago currently in development
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Market Disruption
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Sector
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Accommodation and Travel
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Organization
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Airbnb Inc., City and County of San Francisco
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Source
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Farivar, C., "San Francisco, Airbnb settle lawsuit over new short-term rental law",
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Somerville, H. and Levine , D., "Airbnb, San Francisco settle lawsuit over short-term rental law",
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"Herrera repels legal challenge to short-term rental law, secures settlement with Airbnb and HomeAway,"
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AcceleratingBiz analysis
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Original Publication Date
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May 3, 2017
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