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An Airbnb host’s worst nightmare happened to a home in North Dallas last weekend: DTX-TV reported and posted two videos of the wild parties in a North Dallas neighborhood. The property is located at 15816 Spring Creek Road in Richardson Heights Estates, which is off Coit Road near Arapaho. The party-goers trashed the house. Video…
The “sharing economy” is a quaint admission that, unlike prior generations, you can’t afford to own things because wages have not kept pace with corporate profit. Share your car with Lyft, share your home with Airbnb, share your clothes with The Real Real, and now share your backyard pool with Swimply. Yes, that’s right, homeowners…
By Lisa SieversSpecial Contributor In the discussion regarding short-term rental regulation in the City of Dallas, one important point has not been well addressed — Hotel and Occupancy Tax (HOT). What are HOT taxes and why should we care about them? HOT taxes are collected to directly promote tourism and the convention/hotel industry. In Dallas,…
By Jeff Veazey Party houses and property rights — between the people who are for a reasonable short-term rental ordinance and the people who want to ban everything they disagree with, there are people who are impacted economically. A local property manager for a small HOA, Blaise Genco, has no short-term rental property of his…
By Lisa SieversSpecial Contributor Councilwoman Carolyn King Arnold quickly cut to the heart of the matter during the City of Dallas Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee last week: “The big issue here for us is that of property rights,” the Dallas City Council representative for District 4 said. The committee met on March…
