June 2023
June 2023 was a month of rules tested in court and at city hall. Airbnb and three hosts sued New York City on 1 June over its registration rules, and by 9 June the city had moved enforcement to 5 September. On 14 June the Dallas City Council voted 12 to 3 to zone short-term rentals out of single-family neighborhoods. In Scotland a court found Edinburgh's licensing policy unlawful in several respects, and Florence prepared to bar rentals from its historic centre.
A look back, written in October 2026 from sources published in June 2023. Stay Gazette opened in July 2026.
Platforms · 1 June 2023Airbnb Sues New York City Over Short-Term Rental Registration RulesAirbnb and three of its New York City hosts filed separate lawsuits on 1 June 2023 to stop the rules that carried out Local Law 18, which Airbnb called a de facto ban on short-term rentals. On 9 June the city told the court it would hold off enforcement until 5 September. The delay covered the summer's bookings, and the registration requirement stayed.By Jesse Kohl · Filed 11 October 2026 · 7 min read
Crackdown · 14 June 2023Dallas Votes to Bar Short-Term Rentals From Single-Family NeighborhoodsThe Dallas City Council voted 12 to 3 on 14 June 2023 to treat short-term rentals as lodging and keep them out of single-family zoning, and adopted a registration ordinance with a $404.00 annual fee at the same meeting. Operators got six months before enforcement, and rentals already registered and paying hotel occupancy tax got no exemption.By Marcus Dane · Filed 11 October 2026 · 7 min read
Pictures on this page. 1. Photo: New York County Supreme Court 2021-06-25 11-35 by Axel Tschentscher, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized). 2. Photo: Ayuntamiento de Dallas by Frj, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).
What else was reported in June 2023
- 12 June 2023Scotland's Court of Session found Edinburgh council's licensing policy for short-term lets unlawful in several respects, among them its presumption against licences for lets in tenements, Short Term Rentalz reported. Four accommodation providers brought the judicial review after raising more than £300,000 by crowdfunding. Short Term Rentalz
- 12 June 2023Florence was preparing a bylaw to bar short-term rentals from its historic centre, a UNESCO World Heritage site, after announcing a ban on new listings, Short Term Rentalz reported. The bylaw, subject to a council ruling, would not apply retroactively. Short Term Rentalz
- 15 June 2023AirDNA's mid-year outlook raised its 2023 forecast for US short-term rental demand growth to 10.4 per cent and for supply growth to 14 per cent, with occupancy forecast at 57.6 per cent. Short Term Rentalz
- 22 June 2023AvantStay laid off another 37 people, which Short Term Rentalz put at 10 per cent of its workforce, in the company's third round of job cuts in 12 months. Short Term Rentalz
- 2 June 2023HMRC, the UK tax authority, said that since February it had sent 800 letters to hosts it suspected of underpaying tax, Short Term Rentalz reported, after Airbnb handed over income details for its UK hosts from the 2017-2018 financial year onward. Short Term Rentalz
- 28 June 2023A tweet that went viral, from the chief executive of the Austin firm Reventure Consulting, claimed Airbnb revenue in Austin had fallen by 46.1%, KXAN reported. AirDNA said it had been unable to reproduce his figures, and Airbnb said the data did not match its own. KXAN