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After winning a major campaign against a Airbnb proposition to limit short-term rentals, San Francisco says it will make some voluntary changes to its operations. In a new "Community Compact," announced yesterday, the company vows to, in some places, "prevent short-term rentals from impacting the availability of long-term rental housing" by making hosts agree to only list homes that are permanently owned, and to rent them out only on a short-term basis. San Francisco intends to effect the policy in "cities that have a significant number of San Francisco listings but do not have a comprehensive policy approach to home sharing," and where long-term rental housing availability is a problem, however it does not specify cities or places. San Francisco will now also work to "ensure our community pays its fair share of hotel and tourist taxes," and will offer more data on how the service is affecting communities, including anonymised information on listings.