Airbnb agrees to limit private rentals in London
Airbnb will start enforcing limits to private home rentals in two popular European cities on the home-sharing platform, London and Amsterdam, the company said. In London, Airbnb said it will "introduce new and automated limits to help ensure entire home listings in London are not shared for more than 90 days," unless hosts prove they have permission to share their space for longer. The new measures will be in place by spring 2017. "A home should remain a home," Amsterdam alderman Laurens Ivens said in a statement. "With this new approach we are showing that working together with platforms such as Airbnb gives the city a new and efficient weapon to tackle illegal hotels," he added. Airbnb says a typical host in Amsterdam earns 3,800 euros ($4,041) by sharing their space for 28 nights a year. In London, a typical Airbnb host earns 3,500 pounds ($4,408 ) by sharing their space for 50 nights a year.
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