Andy Oliver from the Long Beach Safe Neighborhood Coalition hosts this podcast about short-term rentals (Airbnb, VRBO, etc) impacting residential communities and issues such as nuisances, crime, housing affordability and public safety which are threatening neighborhoods across the globe due to the proliferation of STRs and lack of city enforcement. Affected homeowners & neighbors are interviewed about their experiences as are community activists, housing experts and others to shine a light on this topic.
In this episode, we're highlighting some great speeches at City Council from heroes in San Diego, Dallas & New Orleans. We also feature a Dec 2023 presentation given by Dr. David Wachsmuth (McGill University) to the California Coastal Commission on the impact of short-term rentals on communities. In our Nightmare News segment, an incident involving an Airbnb-related shooting in Plano, Texas terrorizes a once-peaceful neighborhood. Live next to a nightmare neighbor and want to be on the show? E-mail us at lbsnc@proton.me www.longbeachsafeneighborhoodcoalition.org
In this episode, Maureen Linde, a realtor from Santa Rosa, California joins us to talk about her nightmare next door and how living next to a corporately owned short-term rental has negatively impacted her life and the entire community. We discuss city council failures, the core issues of non-enforcement and Maureen gives us her expert real estate opinion on seller disclosure and how STRs are impacting the overall housing market. In our Nightmare News segment, an Ohio family's Disney vacation is destroyed by a neighboring Airbnb. Want to be on the show? E-mail us: lbsnc@proton.me And check out: Save Our Santa Rosa – Save Our Neighbourhood From Short Term Rental (sosr.org)
On this flagship episode, Christina Nigrelli from the Long Beach Safe Neighborhood Coalition talks about her experiences with her nightmare next door and how living next to a short-term rental has changed her life. We also talk about Long Beach's unique petition process which offers residents an opportunity to restrict unhosted STRs from their neighborhood, unscrupulous real estate investors, failures of city government, ways to fight back and much more! Check us out at: www.longbeachsafeneighborhoodcoalition.org Want to be on the show? E-mail us at: lbsnc@proton.me
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