Better Neighbors LA

A coalition working to curb illegal short-term rental activity in LA.
For more info or to report illegal STRs:
[email protected] or 213-336-5900

[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

👉🏽We're not talking about your neighbor with the guest bedroom. 🚨We're talking about the corporate fleet of rentals violating an existing law.

Read our Revenue/Housing Report & reach out to your Councilmember.
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[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

Here's what no one tells you about short-term rentals in Los Angeles.

This unregulated "shadow industry" has removed 2,600 permanent homes from the market. The result? Rent is $810 higher per year for every LA resident.
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[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

Keep our neighbors as neighbors. Link in bio - read our enforcement reports and learn how to spot the illegal hotels carving out your neighborhood. https://t.co/JMTLap5m6A

[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

Cute but should delete..This is an unpermitted Venice Beach "ghost" hotel. Raking in profits, operating illegally, costing you money and housing. 🤫🛑

While LA families search for affordable places to live, Air Venice has been running a "ghost hotel" right in your backyard. 1/2

[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

🚩 Unlawful corporate short-term rentals aren't just affecting housing, they're impacting your neighborhood school.

Use our simple form on our site to send a letter to your Councilmember. https://t.co/HVt0oLF4v6

#ShortTermRentlas #LosAngeles #LACityCouncil

[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

We support home-sharing done right. We don't support a budget that hands corporate operators 31,000 new permits while the city leaves $47 million a month in uncollected fines on the table. Tell your Councilmember & tell them to stop giving housing away. (2/2) #ApartmentLiving

[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

Over 60% of short-term rentals in LA are already operating illegally.

When will the City decide that protecting housing for the people who actually live here matters more than expanding permits for corporate operators?
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[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

Illegal short-term rentals, or "ghost hotels," owe the city $47 million in monthly fines.

Contact your Councilmember now and urge them to enforce the Housing Services Ordinance (HSO) to recover these vital funds.

#HomeSharing #ShortTermRentals #LosAngelesMayor

[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

City services are stretched thin & the solution is obvious. The City must collect the funds owed through the Home Sharing Ordinance (HSO).

Enforcing the 2019 law against violators could generate $47 million per month.

Take action: write to your Councilmember.
#Anakin

[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

Thank you, Secret Los Angeles, for covering the VRO. A $50 million one-time prepayment doesn't make sense if the city can collect $47 per month from illegal "ghost hotels" and unlawful corporate operators. The math is not mathing.
https://t.co/xrRcp9ftit

[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

It’s time to take action against the corporate housing grab! Check out our Revenue/Housing Report and see how the City could collect $5.2 billion from corporations violating an existing housing law. 📣

https://t.co/JMTLap5m6A

#CityofLA #ShortTermRentals #ProtectOurHousing

[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

You're facing an extra $810 in rent each year due to the impact of corporate "ghost hotels." As housing supply shrinks, rents climb. The abundance of unregulated corporate short-term rentals is a significant factor contributing to your rising rental costs. (1/2)

[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

We want our city leaders to enforce a short-term rental law that already exists and not put the burden of debt on residents.

Use our easy form and send your letter to your Councilmember: https://t.co/JoURCXqnPL.

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[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

❌ It's time to REVERSE this.
OK so the City of Los Angeles draws a +4 at residents because they won't collect fines from unlawful short-term rentals.
💁🏽 What if we drew a REVERSE card back to the City of LA?
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[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

The city could collect $47 million per month (PER MONTH!) simply by enforcing an existing law that targets illegal corporate short-term rentals. Enforcing this law would surpass the one-time $50 million prepayment from Airbnb.
https://t.co/JMTLap5m6A

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[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

Shout-out to everyone who waited for hours to speak during public comment on the VRO last week. Thank you to the LA City Council Budget & Finance Committee for striking down the vacation rental ordinance.
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[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

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@LATimes @Noah__Goldberg

[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

"Short-term vacation rental companies - and Airbnb is the industry leader - could offer “prepayment” of the transient occupancy tax they owe in advance of the Olympics." - @latimes @Noah__Goldberg

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[Better Neighbors LA @better_la]

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