Newark allows extended hosted home-share — renting a room in your primary residence while you live there — without the unhosted-night cap, provided you register, carry insurance, and meet inspection standards.
Hosted home-share, where the registered owner-occupant remains onsite and rents one or more rooms within their primary residence, is treated more permissively than unhosted whole-home stays under Newark Ordinance 6PSF-c. Hosts still register annually with the City, pay applicable Hotel/Motel and Occupancy taxes, carry liability insurance, and pass life-safety checks (smoke/CO alarms, egress). There is no annual night cap on hosted stays as there is on unhosted use, recognizing that owner-occupied home-share has fewer neighborhood-impact concerns. Hosted stays are popular in Forest Hill, Weequahic, and near University Heights for visiting students and travelers.
Operating hosted home-share without registration, insurance, or required tax remittance can trigger fines, back-tax assessments, and ineligibility for future STR registration in Newark.
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