“It’s like running a hotel out of the palm of your hand, except the rooms aren’t all in one building and the model is more progressive. Today , Jersey City Mayor , Steven Fulop , will introduce legislation to ban the use of all short - term accommodation sites such as Airbnb and HomeAway , which could be approved as early as next month . According to the New York Times : “ In exchange for agreeing to let some of Jersey City ’s 262,000 residents rent out a room , or even their entire apartment on weekends , the company would charge users the same 6 % hospitality tax currently levied on guests at the city ’s dozen hotels . Mr. Fulop anticipates the tax would be between $ 600,000 and $ 1 m annually on the more than 300 Airbnb listings in the city .
Today , Jersey City Mayor , Steven Fulop , will introduce legislation to ban the use of all short - term accommodation sites such as Airbnb and HomeAway , which could be approved as early as next month . According to the New York Times : “ In exchange for agreeing to let some of Jersey City ’s 262,000 residents rent out a room , or even their entire apartment on weekends , the company would charge users the same 6 % hospitality tax currently levied on guests at the city ’s dozen hotels . Mr. Fulop anticipates the tax would be between $ 600,000 and $ 1 m annually on the more than 300 Airbnb listings in the city .