Address the common household requirement, commonly known as the “unlocked doors provision”, as it relates to...
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced Nov 13, 2024
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A Local Law to amend the New York city building code and administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to common households for short-term rentals in one- and two-family dwellings” Read the full text
Housing and Buildings
What it does
This bill would address the common household requirement, commonly known as the “unlocked doors provision”, as it relates to short-term rentals in one- and two-family dwellings, by requiring the permanent occupant of a one- or two-family dwelling hosting a short-term rental to provide boarders, roomers, or lodgers reasonable access to the dwelling units, which need not include the bedrooms, offices, or other similar private spaces of any permanent occupant of the dwelling.
Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Nov 13, 2024
7 sponsors. It takes 26 votes to pass. Referred to the City Council.
Public hearing · Nov 20, 2025
Committee on Housing and Buildings
Amended in committee · Nov 20, 2025
Committee on Housing and Buildings
Laid over in committee · Nov 20, 2025
Committee on Housing and Buildings
Committee vote · the next step
The committee decides whether to send it to the full Council. Most bills never get this vote.
Full Council vote
All 51 members vote. 26 yes votes sends it to the Mayor.
Mayor signs or vetoes
Signing makes it law. Doing nothing for 30 days also makes it law.
Who decides next
This bill sits with the Housing and Buildings committee. These members decide whether it ever reaches a vote; 99% of bills a committee approves become law.
From 47 City Clerk eLobbyist filings naming this bill (2024 to 2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Laid over in committee (Nov 20, 2025).