Hotel operators and leasing start-ups are grabbing apartment units and leasing them out as short-term "corporate rentals."
According to The San Francisco Examiner, the practice is legal.
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The units are advertised for limited stays of 30 days or more, and they are not subject to city's short term rental regulations.
But it takes much needed housing off the rental market.
Operators say stays are on average, six months to a year long.