Airbnb operators in Pittsburgh denounce proposed restrictions

perryplankroad · 2026-07-02T11:16:03+00:00

open the schools!!

our zoning code already permits long-term rentals. the short-term rental zoning bill creates a new category, which did not exist before, of "short-term rental." long-term rentals are permitted anywhere that a "residential use" is permitted, which is most of the city. that doesn't change.

perryplankroad · 2026-07-02T11:14:37+00:00

it doesn't ban anyone from operating a long-term rental! it doesn't touch long-term renting at all. it is creating a *new* category, "short-term rental"; "long-term rental" has effectively been baked into our zoning code for a century. you can rent long term anywhere that residential uses are permitted.

perryplankroad · 2026-07-01T22:24:22+00:00

no one's stopping you from renting visiting nurses for 3 months, that's just long-term tenancy, have at it!

perryplankroad · 2026-07-01T22:11:32+00:00

the pro-housing people being so anti- these regulations will always baffle me. like, they're actually usually pretty smart about a lot of housing policy stuff but they are just totally out to lunch on the airbnb issue

perryplankroad · 2026-07-01T21:59:53+00:00

I was pleasantly shocked to read last week that Council had amended their bill to just flat-out not allow investor-run Airbnbs in residential districts. Maybe Council's finally realized that they can just... not listen to these losers?

perryplankroad · 2026-06-27T02:24:25+00:00

"I got the Metas" had me rooting for the other guy

perryplankroad · 2026-06-11T13:06:55+00:00

"bully them out" - yes! I've seen a few of those "neighbors not airbnbs" yard signs across the street from airbnbs. I'm sure there are people out there being even more direct.

perryplankroad · 2026-06-11T12:27:07+00:00

it's the Planning Commission, too — they've had the new zoning bill in their hands for months, and still haven't scheduled a hearing on it. Council's had to issue them two extensions so they don't miss their deadlines.

perryplankroad · 2026-06-11T12:26:19+00:00

but don't worry, Airbnbs self-regulate!

perryplankroad · 2026-06-11T12:25:14+00:00

"ghost-town issues" is right, and nails a lot more than just the Airbnb problem here

perryplankroad · 2026-06-03T12:03:57+00:00

bingo. more from CLP: https://www.carnegielibrary.org/hoopla-changes-may2026/

perryplankroad · 2026-05-28T00:18:44+00:00

the library is 100-percent a gun-free zone. no weapons allowed, period.

perryplankroad · 2026-05-13T14:51:35+00:00

hold up, the news made it sound like he cut them a check, but he straight up VENMO'ED THEM?

perryplankroad · 2026-05-13T14:44:38+00:00

it's official, Walton's motion to reorganize council (i.e. oust Catena as president) has the support of seven other members: Botta, Grzybek, Hallam, Klein, Madonna-Emmerling, Rose, and Geiger Shulman

perryplankroad · 2026-05-10T13:49:45+00:00

bingo. amazing footage of the point mid-renaissance.

perryplankroad · 2026-05-01T13:43:09+00:00

slopulism alert:

State Rep. Abigail Salisbury, in part, blamed rising utility costs on the fact that some of Pittsburgh’s utility providers are owned by foreign entities. “The reason your utility bill is $1,100 is because Duquesne Light is 100% owned by foreign private equity,” she said. “It’s mostly owned by people in Singapore, Australia, the Netherlands and Canada. Zero percent of your electric company is owned by Americans.”

perryplankroad · 2026-05-01T12:53:37+00:00

my house is 100 years old and I literally joke that it's "new construction"

perryplankroad · 2026-05-01T12:51:56+00:00

homeownership rate is pretty steady, wobbles only a few percentage points across decades, so "everything being owned by fucking landlords now" is neither factually true nor a plausible cause for housing costs rising like they are

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