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Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Wait.. why?

Bob Ellis's pro-Airbnb astroturf group held a community meeting to discuss their advocacy of legalized short-term rentals in New Orleans.   This was weird.
Rather than keeping unlicensed, short-term rentals illegal through an outdated rule, the city should embrace a new law that legalizes the practice and generates revenue and accountability through licenses and enforcement.

That was the argument presented Tuesday night by the Alliance for Neighborhood Prosperity, a nonprofit formed to advocate for legalizing short-term rentals from websites such as Airbnb and VRBO in the city.

"There's obviously demand," Christian Galvin, a a group board member, told about 50 people gathered at the Jefferson Parish Library in Harvey. "There's thousands of these types of rentals online...it just needs to be regulated so that the good operators rise up and give a strong representation for New Orleans."
What were they doing in Harvey?  Priced out of the New Orleans meeting room rental market for some reason?

1 comment:

Nolaresident said...

Checked out their "non-profit" on the S.o.S. site:

ALLIANCE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROSPERITY




Charter Number:


41554810N




Registration Date:


6/18/2014







Domicile Address







75 AUDUBON BLVD







NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118







Mailing Address







75 AUDUBON BLVD







NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118

Registered Agent(s)














Agent:


ROBERT ELLIS




Address 1:


650 POYDRAS STREET, SUITE 2615





City, State, Zip:


NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130




Appointment Date:


6/18/2014




















Officer(s)



Additional Officers: No














Officer:


POLLY HARDIE




Title:


President




Address 1:


75 AUDUBON BLVD





City, State, Zip:


NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118

























Officer:


LISA ZOLLER




Title:


Secretary/Treasurer




Address 1:


1015 JOSEPH STREET





City, State, Zip:


NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115
























So i wonder if ole Polly is doing short-term rentals on Audubon Blvd?