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- Philadelphia is enforcing a law that requires Airbnb and Vrbo hosts to license their properties.
- The city estimates nearly 1,700 short-term rentals are at risk of being removed from the platforms.
- How Philadelphia fares with regulation could impact how other cities proceed.
Philadelphia is sending out notifications this month to Airbnb and Vrbo hosts with unlicensed properties stating they may have to cease renting out the pads.