Airbnb registration renewal issues with multifamily property in Chicago

[Jeff Davis]

Hey all! 

Has anyone else had an issue with renewing their Airbnb registration with the city of Chicago on a multifamily property? We live in a 2-unit multifamily (our primary residence) and the city is giving us the run around on renewing our registration because our documentation doesn't have the unit number of the apartment that we converted into an Airbnb even though we own and live in the property. The reasoning is they say that the registration is based on unit number not ownership of the building - which I do not understand at all. 

Looking to see if anyone else has encountered this issue and how they went about resolving it. 

Thanks for any help folks can offer!

[Brie Schmidt]

@Jeff Davis - the reason is because the ordinance does not allow you to list a seperate unit in the building even if you live in the property.  You can only list the unit you occupy for 120 days a year.

The city started cracking down on this and so far it is basically impossible to get a seperate unit registered again.