In the City of Los Angeles, you can rent a home for stays under 30 nights only if it is your primary residence (you live there more than six months a year) and you hold a Home-Sharing registration. Hosting is capped at 120 nights a year unless you qualify for Extended Home-Sharing. Rent-stabilized and income-restricted units cannot be registered.
The host's sole residence, lived in for more than six months of the calendar year.
The standard cap. Nights booked without a valid registration count toward it.
Hosts with a clean record and enough history can apply to host past 120 nights.
Every listing must show the Home-Sharing registration number.
Registrations last 12 months; renewals open 60 days before expiry.
Rent-stabilized (RSO) and income-restricted units, garages, sheds and trailers.
Under the City's 2026 guidelines, a host needs:
An ADU whose building permit application was submitted on or after January 1, 2017 can be registered only if it has a Certificate of Occupancy from LADBS and is the host's primary residence. An ADU without a Certificate of Occupancy cannot be registered.
The City's portal asks for:
Home-Sharing covers stays under 30 nights. Longer rentals fall under ordinary rental rules instead. Our direct stays are capped at 28 nights.
In the City of Los Angeles, stays under 30 nights are allowed only in the host's primary residence (where they live more than six months a year) with a Home-Sharing registration, up to 120 nights a year unless the host qualifies for Extended Home-Sharing. Rent-stabilized and income-restricted units are not eligible. Other cities in LA County set their own rules. We check your address before anything is listed.
Up to 120 nights a year with a regular Home-Sharing registration. Hosts who qualify for Extended Home-Sharing can host for the rest of the calendar year.
No. Units subject to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance are not eligible for Home-Sharing, and buildings converted from RSO units to single-family homes are ineligible for five years.
Yes. Every advertisement must clearly list the host's valid Home-Sharing registration number, and all listings for one unit must show the same number.
Yes. Send your details through our income estimate and we check whether your home qualifies before anything is listed.
Source: City of Los Angeles, Home-Sharing Administrative Guidelines (2026), planning.lacity.gov. This is general information, not legal advice. Rules change, so confirm with Los Angeles City Planning before you host.
Last reviewed October 2026.
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