[OC] Airbnb Listings in New York - December 2019

I doubt its truly eviction, which (at least in my state) requires cause that wouldn't be allowed like this. Probably more like lease non-renewal. Which I suppose feels like eviction...here would require 30 days notice prior to the end of the lease term.

In any case, landlords (here) can already not renew a lease for almost any reason, same as the tenant. If the owner of a property wants to stop renting it to someone and do something else with their property -- what is the problem with that? And if so, how would you restrict it?

I get that being kicked out of the place you live sucks, but that is the risk and very nature of renting something. You don't own or control what is done with the property outside of the terms and time period you agree to. In return you (hopefully, I know) don't have to to deal with the risk and cost of ownership, fixing things, etc.

I'm not saying its all perfect and "screw the tenant"....I've been there, and it sucks. But how would you balance things. Would you require an owner to renew a lease with a tenant at its expiration? And if so, then...is it still really a term lease? Sounds more like "lease for life". When can the owner get out...if they sell the property, are they stuck selling it with lifelong tenant? (And getting into some of the rent protection/etc schemes that do exist in some cities...with interesting results. We don't have that here, so not what I'm thinking about.)

The problem seems more about lax enforcement of rules against AirBNB like rentals, that landlords find attractive and think they can get away with. I don't think the prior commenter was addressing this part at all, but just owners general control of the property.

(Personally, I think renting via AirBNB is an epic PITA. I'd much rather have someone living in my rentals for a few years and not to have to run a mini-hotel and deal with tons of different people constantly. That sounds like hell on earth.)

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