Chicago’s existing law allows short-term rentals to be blocked only when 25% of a precinct’s registered voters sign a petition calling for it.

The onus to gather signatures from 10% of registered voters in that precinct would then be on Airbnb and Vrbo to overturn a local ban. City Council committee tries to put a lid on new vacation ...

Chicago aldermen could gain new power to ban Airbnb and similar short-term rentals on a precinct-by-precinct basis within their wards. An ordinance introduced by Alderman Anthony Napolitano and ...

If a Far Northwest Side alderman gets his way, Chicago City Council members could gain the authority to block short-term rentals like Airbnb’s from popping up in their wards. Ald. Anthony ...

The study commissioned by Airbnb and conducted by consulting firm Charles River Associates ... Airbnb study finds that major cities could be losing $2.4B because of short-term rental regulations.