FUN FACTS ABOUT STRs and WHRs:
– In Scottsdale, STRs are 211 times more likely to have a Nuisance Party / Unruly Gathering violation than an actual resident.
– Only 16% of STRs in Scottsdale are registered as required.
CORPORATE CONSOLIDATION:
– 1/3 of all Airbnb “Whole House” listings are by hosts with a single property. 1/3 are listings by hosts with 2 to 24 properties. And 1/3 are listings by hosts with 25 or more properties. (WSJ 4/28/20).
– In Scottsdale 65% of Airbnb listings have owner / operators with 4 or more properties. (“Experience Scottsdale” and Scottsdale Planning Dept.)
– In Phoenix 62% of all registered STRs have multi-unit operators, 61% are from out of state, and 44% are both multi-unit and out of state operators. The top 3 operators have 65 units (Stay Alfred, Inc.), 32 units (Sonder) and 20 units (KLIS). (Phoenix Planning Dept. Registry of STRs)
**** Short Term Rentals aren’t about “Mom & Pop” Home Sharing – They’re about corporate investment groups invading residential neighborhoods. ****
GROWTH:
– Airbnb revenues from “Whole House Rentals” (WHRs) grew 76% in the past year. (Airbnb Statistics 2020)
**** There are already more STR bedrooms in Scottsdale than legitimate hotel rooms (about 12,000 STR bedrooms v. about 8,000 hotel rooms). ****
TRENDS
- 60% of Airbnb listings offer “Instant Booking” with only a click. **** This eliminates any contact and vetting between guest and host before booking. Combined with “Self Check In” (using keypad locks) and no on-site staff there is no face to face screening of transients coming into Arizona neighborhoods. Great for operators, great for guests, a recipe for disaster for neighbors.
- Airbnb is now heavily promoting “Airbnb +” which provides an upscale, standardized, “branded” product to compete directly with “branded” hotels. Another clear indication that Airbnb is no longer about Home Sharing but about commercial investment groups invading residential areas.
- Nuisance complaints involving STRs are up 114% in 2020 vs 2019 in Paradise Valley (FOIA request from PV)
STRs BENEFIT CORPORATE INVESTORS AND DESTROY NEIGHBORHOODS – FIX 1350!