Our city’s affordable housing is under attack, and illegal short-term rentals are only making it worse.
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Los Angeles Affordable Housing is in Crisis
Los Angeles is facing an affordable housing crisis with a severely limited stock of rental housing, and the Short-Term Rental Platforms, like Airbnb, are exacerbating the problem.
Thanks to the platforms, the greater Los Angeles region is losing desperately needed housing as commercial operators convert long-term residential housing into short-term rentals for tourists.
The equation is simple: short-term rental companies invade a city and take long-term housing off the market to convert to short-term options, thereby restricting the available housing supply for both buyers and renters. When the supply of housing goes down, rent goes up for all renters.
Study after study confirms that the majority of short-term rental listings come from commercial operators, as opposed to individual homeowners, causing cities like Los Angeles to suffer from a loss of affordable housing and attacks on the nature of residential neighborhoods.
Based on the City of Los Angeles Home Sharing Ordinance (CF 14-1635-S2), only the owner’s primary residence may be provided for short-term rental and for a limited number of days in a given year. These two threshold requirements are frequently violated.
We must fight back to protect affordable housing stock and maintain the integrity of the neighborhoods from illegal short-term rentals.
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Housing Impact
There is a direct correlation between neighborhoods with rents well above the citywide average and a high density of short-term rental listings. A report by LAANE found that neighborhoods with a high concentration of short-term rental listings boast rental prices over 20% higher than the citywide average.
In Los Angeles, the latest study said about 22% of Airbnb operators rent their properties for at least 180 days a year, while 4% offer the homes for at least 360 days a year.[1]
The 7,316 units of housing that have been taken off the rental market by AirBnB is equivalent to seven years of affordable housing construction in Los Angeles.[2]
Only nine LA neighborhoods account for 73% of the money Airbnb makes in the entire region. [3]
Racial Discrimination
Two Harvard Business School studies show that Airbnb hosts are 16% less likely to rent to guests with African American sounding names, and African American hosts make 12% less than white hosts with identical listings.
Public Safety
Fire safety and building code violations and hazards are rampant in short-term rentals because residential buildings do not meet the same fire and safety code standards as commercial hotels.
Quality of Life Issues
Short-term rentals can undermine the character of residential neighborhoods through increased traffic, loss of parking, noise and wild parties at night, littering, and extra wear and tear on building public areas.
What can you do?
Report illegal short-term rentals in your neighborhood by calling our secure hotline.