A new bill to set the annual upper limit of private residence to 180 days was decided by the Cabinet, Airbnb commented

ByJoshua Earle

March 10, 2017 (Fri), the government has decided on "private night" to lend vacant rooms and vacant homes at home to travelers "Housing lodging business bill (New Bill's new bill)"At the Cabinet decision. If the New House Law is enforced, the maximum number of business days per year will be 180 nights, and the owner of the house to rent out must notify each prefecture.

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The "people's night" that tourists stay at general public houses has been increasing in recent years, among which lending vacant rooms and vacant houses to travelers"Airbnb" online platform shocked the hotel industryIt is also said. However, as the use of such services increases, the number of people aiming for real estate management also increases,The price of the rental apartment in the city center risesThere are also negative effects such as.

It is currently in the cities around the world that legislation is being made because the private residence using the online platform is a new field and can not be handled by the existing law. And, on March 10, the Cabinet decision on the new residence bill was made in Japan as well.

In Japan 's New Housing New Bill, it is obligatory for the landowner to notify the prefecture first, as well as sanitary control, creation of guest lists, and posting of signs that are known as housewives' dwelling. At this time, the owner-occupied private residence will register the manager with the ministry and will have the same obligation. A business suspension order or business discontinuation order is issued to businesses who violate the new bill, and if not complying, imprisonment of up to 6 months or a fine of 1 million yen or less will be imposed. In addition, brokerage services like Airbnb also require registration to the Tourism Agency, and obligations such as accommodation fee and brokerage fee obligation are required.

And the maximum number of days for accommodation is from the idea of ​​"to the end" to the half of the year 180 days. Although the municipality can further restrict the upper limit of 180 days and limit the areas where sales are permitted, the government indicates that it is impossible to set the number of days to zero or to prohibit business throughout the pipe I will.

On the other hand,(PDF file)Investigation in 2016About 90% of the absent type hosts answered that "Host can not be continued" when the number of days restricted in 180 days, about 70% of occupied hosts are answered. Analysis that the number of people who do home sharing will also decrease even in occupancy-type hosts by analyzing that it is difficult to utilize vacant houses by giving a limited number of days, and concerns are also raised that "there are more people doing homestay with yami?" It is. In this regard, however, a bill to revise the ryokan business law that raises the upper limit of fines for unauthorized sales from 30,000 yen to 1 million yen has already been submitted to the Diet, and crackdown on "Yomi Nishi-no-michi" will be strengthened.

Following the Cabinet decision of the New Housing Law, Airbnb Japan 's Yasuyuki Tanabe announced the following comments.

Airbnb Statement on Cabinet Decision of Housing Accommodation Business Bill
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Airbnb Statement on Cabinet Decision of Housing Accommodation Business Bill
Yasuyuki Tanabe Representative Director of Airbnb Japan Co., Ltd.

I am very pleased with the Cabinet decision this time.
Utilizing vacant houses, vacant houses, which are idle assets, will create many new opportunities. We will continue to collaborate with the Japanese government and related people so that short-term lease including home market will be spread all over Japan in a sustainable way, considering the local community

And on the same day, AirbnbGeneral corporate foundation RCFAnnounced a partnership concluded with. It promotes tourism of visitors from domestic and overseas and tells us that we will work together to revitalize the area.

Airbnb and RCF signed a partnership aiming to revitalize the region through tourism promotion
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RCF was launched as an organization to conduct surveys for earthquake reconstruction after the Great East Japan EarthquakeSocial Business Coordinator". It is aimed to promote the movement of local residents, local government bodies such as prefectural / municipal offices, companies, NPOs and other organizations in a position not belonging to any sector. This time RCF will collaborate with Airbnb to aim for the formation of a sustainable form of community. As the first step of the tie-up, an attempt is made "RCF will cooperate with candidate Airbnb hosts in the region, and will be responsible for supporting the formation and promotion of mechanisms for autonomously managing the community as a community".

RCF representative director Mr. Fujisawa said, "RCF is a" social project coordinator "born after the Great East Japan Earthquake As short-term rent promoted by AIRBNB attracts local attitudes and stories firmly to tourists with the spread of inbound We believe that it is one of the aims of local tourism.While accepting short-term rental in the area is not enough systematically.Through this partnership, we will work on creating a new model of regional tourism "We announced the comment.

Also, Mika Yamamoto, director of Public Policy at Airbnb Japan, said, "Through collaboration with RCF, we will allocate the people who can make the mechanisms from allocating allocation of profits brought about by utilization of short-term rent to the entire community, In cooperation with RCF, in cooperation with existing accommodation facilities and people involved in the promotion of regional tourism, it is important to find out the way of short-term lease in the area We hope to find out more and help to further boost tourism in the area. "

In addition, it is said that the New Hingu New Act will be enforced as soon as possible in January 2018.