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Episode 78: Insane STR Fines, Police Shakedowns, Cities Playing Dirty! Joy Williams Fights Back!
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Joy Williams of the Home Sharing Association of America recounts fighting New York City's Airbnb crackdown - including $10,000 in personal fines, warrantless door-knocking by police and building inspectors, and threats that could reach $100,000 for some hosts. She secured a temporary injunction blocking a law that would've forced platforms to hand over host data to law enforcement, arguing Fourth Amendment protections. The episode covers the hotel lobby's influence on city council, rent prices actually dropping despite the city's claims, and the revelation that Arlington PD has started knocking on Texas hosts' doors after collecting contact information at a city meeting.
Topics include New York's enforcement tactics against short-term rentals, the lawsuit over host data sharing, the difference between home sharing and remote hosting, gentrification arguments used against Airbnb, union workers unknowingly aligned with hotel CEOs making $11 million, and strategies for hosts facing bans - including never opening the door without a warrant.
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