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RENTALS IN NEW ORLEANS ARE STILL ILLEGAL. YET A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING IT ANYWAY. WHAT IS THE'S EIGHT OF AIRBNB IN -- WHAT IS THE STATE OF AIRBNB IN NEW ORLEANS RIGHT NOW? POLLY: I DID NOT EXACTLY HERE YOU. WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THE QUESTION? EMILY: I UNDERSTAND SHORT-TERM AIRBNB RENTALS ARE ILLEGAL IN NEW ORLEANS. A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE DOING IT ANYWAY. WHAT IS THE STATE OF AIRBNB RIGHT NOW? POLLY: LEGALIZATION IS COMING. I AM PROUD TO SAY WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO GET LEGALIZATION IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. EMILY: HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING IT? , DEMAND IS THEREFORE AIRBNB -- HOW MUCH DEMAND IS THERE FOR AIRBNB? POLLY: I HEAR ALL KINDS OF NUMBERS. IT COULD BE SOMEONE JUST DOING IT FOR MARDI GRAS, JAZZ FEST, OR SOMEONE DOING IT ALL YEAR ROUND. EMILY: HOW TO DESCRIBE THE IMPACT HURRICANE KATRINA HAD ON THE RISE OF THE SHARING ECONOMY AND THE NEED FOR REGULATIONS TO GOVERN THESE KINDS OF SERVICES? POL LY: I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY CENTS HURRICANE KATRINA, ALL EYES HAVE BEEN ON NEW ORLEANS. YOU CAN'T PICK OF THE POPULATION WITHOUT READING WHAT A GREAT DESTINATION IT IS FOR TOURISTS. AND THE SHARING ECONOMY HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR NEW ORLEANS RESIDENT SUPER DISSIPATED IN THE RECOVERY SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA. EMILY: HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY HELP FROM AIRBNB SPECIFICALLY? POLLY: WE HAVE NOT. WE WOULD LOVE THAT, BUT NO, WE HAVE NOT. EMILY: WHAT IS LEFT? WHAT STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN? POLLY: WE NEED TO AGREE ON AN