That could cause some angst.

I'm sure plenty of business models will be upended by that ruling - particularly in touristy areas.  

I have to say I understand where the plaintiffs in this case were coming from and support the judgement.  Twice in my life, I have lived in Condos that got taken over by the Airbnb crowd doing short term rentals.  As a normal, long term resident, it can be a rough experience. 

Does anyone have any insight/opinion as to how this may affect AirBnB rentals in the near future?

Thanks in advance...

EricJ

Posted by: @thomasribatejo

Owners will still be able to rent their apartments on a formal, contractual basis for periods in excess of a month - just not as short term tourist-type lets.

Hi Thomas

Just curious - are you saying there is a difference between < 1 month and more than 1 month? Does the latter not need a AL licence? 

Thanks in advance

In my view this ruling will have little effect in ALs in buildings, this will not automatically affect all ALs in apartment buildings, for it to affect the condominiums would have to take legal action against the AL owners, and most won’t go there because for that the majority of the owners must be in agreement to take action and it is expensive and time consuming. Some condominiums don’t even take action against the non payers of the condominium fees that are a relatively more simple and cheaper process so I don’t expect a rush of similar cases.

It may lead to a change in the laws that regulate AL but I also don’t expect that to happen anytime soon, any change in laws takes a lot of time, unless it is motivated by some scandal in the public opinion in which case it can be done quickly and usually the results are a mess, (see the SEF extinction) this is not one of those cases.

I find the ruling to be fair, If someone wants to have an AL place it should not be in a residential building, the licenses should never have been granted for ALs in residential buildings, but as always the lawmakers didn’t think of that.