A 35-year-old woman living at Pacific Mansion condominium tried to bribe two security guards at the River Valley development into keeping quiet about her Airbnb guests. Li Yilin was sentenced on Thursday (Nov 28) to one week's jail for corruption. Li, a tenant at the condominium, had sublet her rental apartment to a group of tourists for five days and four nights via Airbnb, the Corrupt Practices...
There will be no change to current rules for short-term stays in private homes, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) announced on Wednesday. That means that the use of private properties for fewer than three consecutive months - which has been popularised by the likes of home-sharing platforms Airbnb around the world - will remain illegal in Singapore. This came after several consultations...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said on Wednesday (May 8) that it will not proceed with proposed regulations for the use of private residential properties for short-term accommodation (STA). This means the three-month minimum stay duration will continue to apply. The agency made the decision after consultations with key stakeholders since 2015, including members of the public, management...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has commissioned a "more detailed survey" of Singaporeans' views on short-term accommodations, after a public consultation earlier this year yielded mixed results. The survey, to be conducted by a research firm, will complement feedback obtained through the public consultation exercise and meetings with stakeholders, URA said. "We will continue to study the...
New laws allowing for Airbnb-style stays are unlikely to come any time soon. The reasons include the "mixed views" given in a recently concluded public consultation and the global trend showing that such short-term stays raise rents and home prices, said Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong in Parliament yesterday. "We are studying the matter carefully," Mr Wong said of an ongoing review...
More than 2,000 reports of unauthorised short-term stays in residential units were received by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) between 2015 to 2017, Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong said in Parliament on Wednesday (Jul 11). Of these, 1,808 were in private homes and 390 in Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats. Mr Wong was responding to questions in Parliament on short-term...
Airbnb and other short-term letting websites have been a hot topic of debate for some time. In Australia, New South Wales is on the verge of announcing a new short-term letting policy. Our research suggests about a quarter of Airbnb properties in the city are essentially commercial short-term letting operations. But as cities like Berlin and Barcelona have learned, regulating these platforms is...
Home and room-renting site Airbnb said it is "committed to working with the Government to adopt a model of home-sharing that works for Singapore" even as laws prohibit private property owners from renting out their homes for less than six months. On Monday (Feb 6), National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said in Parliament that the Government is considering creating a new class of homes where...
The use of private property for accommodation of less than six months was legislated as illegal in Singapore on Monday (Feb 6), making it unlawful for owners to rent out their homes via online homestay networks such as Airbnb and Roomorama. Such short-term rentals of private property were already prohibited under guidelines by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and those who flout the rules face up...
Amendments to the Planning Act will make two practices illegal - that of using private residential properties for rentals of under six months, and housing more than six tenants in each unit. However, the government is looking into shortening the minimum six-month requirement for private housing rentals, and creating a new class of use for private homes so that they can be rented out short-term. The...
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