This Digital Sheriff Helps Cities Wrangle Airbnb Rules
Cities are struggling to enforce rules around everything from problem party houses to investors pushing up housing costs. An entrepreneur is helping local officials deal with these short-term rentals.
Ulrik Binzer used to rent out his house north of San Francisco on Airbnb. It was enough money to pay for his family to fly to Denmark to visit relatives. But then his town suddenly banned short-term rentals.
Binzer says there was no debate â it was just an agenda item. "No one knew about it," he says.
It left him wondering: What's going on here?
That's how Binzer became a new sort of sheriff for the digital age.
Millions of Airbnb-type rentals are popping up in residential neighborhoods across the United States. That leaves cities struggling to enforce rules around everything from problem party houses to investors buying up too many
