Airbnb said in a blog post that the company is planning for greater cooperation with cities with its new Airbnb Community Compact policy.
Under the new policy, the company is planning to be more transparent and pay its fair share of taxes.
Airbnb said in the blog post that under the new policy, the company has three commitments with the cities, which includes treating each city personally and ensuring that their community pays its fair share of hotel and tourist taxes.
The company also said that they will be more transparent with their data and information.
Airbnb said in the blog post that the transparency will allow the company to help cities understand the home sharing activity in their community.
The company also plans to provide transparency while honoring its commitment to protect hosts' and guests' privacy.
Airbnb adds in the blog post that their third commitment under the compact is to work with their communities and prevent short-term rentals from impacting the availability of long-term housing.
The company will ensure their hosts agree to a policy of listing only permanent homes on a short-term basis, for cities that have a shortage of long-term housing.
The New York Times adds that Airbnb's shift in policy shows the tightrope that the company is walking as it tries to expand in a tricky regulatory environment.
The company fired off warning shots to cities last week that it would fight back if municipal officials propose rules that could affect its business.
Airbnb recently won an election at San Francisco against Proposition F, an initiative that would have limited its supply of short-term rentals, according to The New York Times.
The company has spent more than $8 billion fighting the measure.
The New York Times adds that many of Airbnb's messaging changes originated from Chris Lehane, Airbnb's head of global policy and public affairs.
He said that the company's messages are not inconsistent as the mobilization of voters were meant to fight of the hotel industry, which has not been receptive of the company.
"We have always said we want to partner with cities," Lehane told The New York Times. "As Prop F in San Francisco made clear, our community will fight and win if the hotel interests are threatening the economic lifeline of home sharing, but on the natural we would prefer to be lovers of cities and not fighting with the hotel industry."
Airbnb said in the blog post that the compact is just one step that the company is taking to help the cities that their hosts and guests call home.
