HomeAway Sues San Francisco To Block So-Called ‘Airbnb Law’ — techcrunch.com

Vacation rental marketplace HomeAway is looking to block legislation designed to make short-term rentals legal in San Francisco. To do that, the company has filed a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment against the city, claiming that its new “Airbnb law” violates the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause. Last month, the San Francisco board of supervisors voted to legalize and regulate short-term stays in the city. In doing so, they passed a controversial piece of legislation that sought to balance Airbnb hosts’ ability to make their homes available for rent with opposition from housing interests claiming the law would make housing in the city more scarce than it already is.

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