What Are The Short-term Rental Accommodation Policies in Brooklyn?

• Hosts are prohibited from renting out their entire home as an STR, even if one owns or lives in the building. When renting a private room in an apartment or home as an STR, the host must be present during the stay.
• NYS Multiple Dwelling Law prohibits short-term rentals in buildings with three or more units.
• New York City Building Code prohibits short-term leasing in one and two family homes.
• In order to have short-term (less than 30 days) guests, a property owner or renter should take note of the following:
  1. You must be present during your guests’ stay if it is for less than 30 days and share your apartment or home.
  2. You may have up to two paying guests staying in your household for fewer than 30 days, only if every guest has free and unobstructed access to every room and each exit within the apartment.
  3. Internal doors cannot have key locks that allow guests to leave and lock their rooms behind them. All occupants need to maintain a common household, which means, among other things, that every member of the family and all guests have access to all parts of the dwelling unit. Internal doors with such key locks create barriers to escaping in an emergency and may result in the issuance of a temporary vacate order.
• Under the NYC Administrative Code, property owners are responsible for ensuring their properties are maintained in a safe and code-compliant manner at all times. Property owners can and will be issued violations for any illegal short-term rentals at their property — even if it is conducted by tenants without the consent of the landlords.