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Senior discount: Boston may be tightening the reins on short-term rentals but the senior citizens of the city are going to make hay while the sun is still shining.
The number of seniors in MA who rent out their homes through the website grew 40 percent last year, Airbnb said in a report. Not only that, seniors are the fastest-growing demographic of Airbnb hosts, growing 45 percent year.
In Mass., older adults make up almost a quarter (22%) of all Airbnb hosts. Why not? $8,000 in annual passive income is not a bad deal at all. Read: The Number Of Mass. Seniors Renting Homes Through Airbnb Grew 40 Percent In 2017
Drop the Donuts: America runs on Dunkin. Not Dunkin Donuts. And so, the coffee chain is sticking to its slogan and dropping the ‘Donuts’ at 30 of its Boston locations. If you were around City Hall yesterday, you’d have witnessed a Dunkin’-themed extravaganza and tried samples of their new donut fries or maybe even had a donut with your face on it. The coffee chain says it’s re-imagining its coffee shops with “a modern in-store experience and new technology to make running on Dunkin’ faster and more convenient than ever before.” But don’t worry, munchkins and Boston creme pie donuts are going nowhere.
No storage squatters: Remember last week when city officials discovered that some people were illegally living at storage units in the city? Turns out, some of those people were paying rent (!!) of as much as $230 a month for a space equivalent to a walk-in closet. But officials just shuttered such a facility in Dorchester. Read: City shutters Dorchester storage facility where people were living.
Tschüss Jacob Wirth: Jacob Wirth, the iconic beer hall founded in 1868 by a German immigrant, bills itself as the second-oldest continuously operating restaurant in Boston. But its future is now murky: Its landlord filed a case against Jacob Wirth in Boston Municipal Court in April, seeking to evict the restaurant from 31-37 Stuart St. on the grounds that it had failed to pay rent since August 2017. In response, Jacob Wirth then filed a countersuit in Suffolk County Superior Court, arguing that it had actually overpaid rent under the original lease. Read: Jacob Wirth, billed as Boston’s second-oldest restaurant, is being sued for eviction (paywall)
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