Airbnb Regulations Can Improve Affordability — RISMedia

Over the past decade or so, various cities throughout the United States have developed legislation or policies geared toward regulating short-term rentals, a market which is dominated by San Francisco-based tech company Airbnb.

Recently an appeals court in Dallas, Texas, rejected the city’s 2023 ordinance to ban most short-term rentals located in single family zones. The Dallas Short-Term Rental Alliance argued that—under Texas law—they had a right to lease their properties. 

The court found that the ordinance would “cause the short-term rental owners to ‘suffer probably, imminent, and irreparable injury to their vested property rights,’” local news outlet WFAA reports.

But Dallas isn’t the only city dealing with Airbnbs. Researchers…