Is a private car rented through an app a rental car? The answer to that question, which is popping up in state legislatures and courts around the country, could determine whether peer-to-peer car-sharing services get regulated the same way as traditional car-rental companies. The fights involve upstarts Turo and Getaround Inc., which let... … [Read more...] about States, Car-Rental Companies Push For Car-Sharing Services to Be Regulated
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Council approves first short-term rentals for Capital City
Hoping to attract more visitors to Jefferson City and provide unique experiences, property owners were pleased when the Jefferson City Council approved their permits to operate short-term rentals Monday night. The council approved resolutions granting special exception permits for 1632 Tanner Bridge Road, 412 Cherry St., 134 W. Circle Drive and 1001 W. High St. so those property owners could offer their residences or spare rooms as short-term rentals. These are the first short-term rental special exception permits the council has approved since it legalized operating short-term rentals in January. The Jefferson City Planning and Zoning Commission approved the permits last month. Under city ordinance, a property owner can offer a short-term rental where someone rents a residence for less than one month. A property owner could also rent out a lodging room where someone rents a single room or basement for less than a month. Short-term lodging room rentals cannot have multiple rentals in … [Read more...] about Council approves first short-term rentals for Capital City
Four south Floridians charged in SWFL International Airport rental vehicle theft scam
Michael Braun Fort Myers News-Press Published 11:07 p.m. UTC Jun 18, 2018 An alleged rental car theft ring that operates across the state was interrupted by police Friday with the arrest of four south Florida residents at Southwest Florida International Airport. A Lee County Port Authority police report said the rental thefts happened at airports in Fort Myers, Naples, Orlando, and Palm Beach and at smaller rental locations around south Florida located outside airports. Arrested were Rosalyn Ann Jones, 37, Joshua Palacio, 31, and Josue Perdomocruz, 23, all of Miami, and Alexis Bryan, 21, of West Palm Beach. All remain in Lee County Jail. A police report said the four were arrested shortly before 1 a.m. Friday morning when a Port Authority officer, looking for new, expensive vehicles that have been fraudulently rented from rental agencies at the airport, spotted a black Infinity QX60 SUV parked at the 7-Eleven off Terminal … [Read more...] about Four south Floridians charged in SWFL International Airport rental vehicle theft scam
Why are Salem apartments, rental houses so expensive?
Jonathan Bach Salem Statesman Journal Published 2:00 p.m. UTC Jun 18, 2018 Monthly apartment and house rent in the Salem area now exceeds what 84,000 Marion and Polk county residents can afford to pay. To afford a two-bedroom home in Oregon, you need a job paying at least $21.26 an hour, according to a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition. In the Salem area, specifically, renters must earn at least $12.85 an hour to pay for a one-bedroom home or apartment. They need $17.04 an hour to afford a house with two bedrooms. Oregon's standard minimum wage is only $10.25 an hour. And almost 13,000 workers relied on minimum wage jobs in Marion and Polk counties last summer, according to the most recent Oregon Employment Department data. But rising rents aren't just a problem for Oregon's lowest wage earners. People earning $13 to $15 an hour — typical pay for local retail and service jobs … [Read more...] about Why are Salem apartments, rental houses so expensive?
Global Mining Equipment Rental Market 2018 Share, Trend, Segmentation And Forecast To 2023
Mining Equipment Rental -Market Demand, Growth, Opportunities and Analysis Of Top Key Player Forecast To 2023 PUNE, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, June 18, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Mining Equipment Rental Industry Description Wiseguyreports.Com Adds “Mining Equipment Rental -Market Demand, Growth, Opportunities and Analysis Of Top Key Player Forecast To 2023” To Its Research Database “Mining equipment rental Market: Global Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Trends, Application Analysis, Growth and Forecast, 2018-2023” provides a deep and thorough evaluation of the Mining equipment rental by equipment type (surface mining equipment, crushing, pulverizing, and screening equipment, mineral processing machinery, underground mining equipment, mining drills and breakers, and others), by application (coal mining, metal mining, and mineral mining); and by geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin topical America and Middle East & Africa). The report also … [Read more...] about Global Mining Equipment Rental Market 2018 Share, Trend, Segmentation And Forecast To 2023