Dear god this entire thing seems almost tailor made to reinforce every single negative stereotype of landlords:
>Operators and landlords opposed to the scheme took the city council to court last month.
So when the council threatened to crack down on Airbnbs in a city with a documented huge issue with them causing problems
>Opponents of the scheme raised £300,000 through crowdfunding for a judicial review at the Court of Session, which was said to be largest amount raised for a case in the UK.
They raised the most money for a UK case in history for fighting it, something something rich out of touch landlords
>The judge wrote: “It is not the function of the respondent’s licensing authority to decide that a licence should not be granted because a property is of a particular type or is in a particular area.
The ruling seems… Suspicious. This is exactly what licensing authorities already do for things like alcohol licenses?
>The proposals were approved by the council’s planning committee last year after 88% of the 5,600 people who responded to a consultation on the proposals supported the introduction of the licensing scheme.
And naturally, it’s hugely popular with locals which the landlords are screwing over.
TL;DR rich landlords pay for court case to stop hugely popular local initiative that would improve city accommodation availability for local people because it’d cut into their profits
How many of those landlords have the misery of living next to an airbnb flat…
Residential buildings should be for the residents, not for mini hotels.
On the plus side, this is a devolved issue, isn’t it? If the Scottish government support it they can amend the legislation appropriately.
I would go more draconian with this if I was the council. Sounds like they have been pulled up because they have tried to treat a tenement differently. Test all buildings the same, but make it extremely difficult to get an air bnb for any building.
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Dear god this entire thing seems almost tailor made to reinforce every single negative stereotype of landlords:
>Operators and landlords opposed to the scheme took the city council to court last month.
So when the council threatened to crack down on Airbnbs in a city with a documented huge issue with them causing problems
>Opponents of the scheme raised £300,000 through crowdfunding for a judicial review at the Court of Session, which was said to be largest amount raised for a case in the UK.
They raised the most money for a UK case in history for fighting it, something something rich out of touch landlords
>The judge wrote: “It is not the function of the respondent’s licensing authority to decide that a licence should not be granted because a property is of a particular type or is in a particular area.
The ruling seems… Suspicious. This is exactly what licensing authorities already do for things like alcohol licenses?
>The proposals were approved by the council’s planning committee last year after 88% of the 5,600 people who responded to a consultation on the proposals supported the introduction of the licensing scheme.
And naturally, it’s hugely popular with locals which the landlords are screwing over.
TL;DR rich landlords pay for court case to stop hugely popular local initiative that would improve city accommodation availability for local people because it’d cut into their profits
How many of those landlords have the misery of living next to an airbnb flat…
Residential buildings should be for the residents, not for mini hotels.
On the plus side, this is a devolved issue, isn’t it? If the Scottish government support it they can amend the legislation appropriately.
I would go more draconian with this if I was the council. Sounds like they have been pulled up because they have tried to treat a tenement differently. Test all buildings the same, but make it extremely difficult to get an air bnb for any building.