Officials question whether the city’s ongoing housing shortage could be worsened if more housing were converted into short-term vacation rentals.
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Posted inElection 2022, Local & State
Pair of Portland referendums offer competing proposals for regulating short-term rentals
Question A seeks to ban corporate and non-local operators from registering short-term rentals, while Question B would reduce the number of short-term rentals and increase fines and fees.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Rockland to consider end to non-owner occupied short-term rentals in residential zones
In 2018 the city council imposed a temporary cap of 45 on non-owner-occupied short-term rentals, and the cap still stands.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Let’s crunch some numbers on our housing supply crunch
If less than 1.5% in Portland area home price increases can be attributed to short-term rentals, clearly more is going on in the market.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Short-term rental proposal sparks debate about impact on Peaks and other Portland islands
Some on Peaks Island say a proposal to further restrict short-term rentals in Portland will have an outsized impact on the island and seasonal rentals, though supporters of the referendum say it will add to affordable housing.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Response to housing crisis must not steamroll Maine’s shot at prosperity
Our state should avoid top-down regulatory responses that stifle local economies.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Short-term rental proposal shortsighted on islands, elsewhere
The story of my cottage on Peaks is the story of countless island, lake, hunting and fishing cabins all over Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Airbnb is rolling out new screening tools to stop parties
Airbnb has been under growing pressure to clamp down on parties since 2019, when a Halloween house party in a San Francisco suburb ended with 5 people dead in a shooting.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: New short-term rental commission must take a long-term, statewide view
The business eats into housing inventory. As you may have noticed, Maine doesn’t have any to spare.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Short-term rentals to be focus of new state housing commission
The legislative panel will collect data to see how much of a role short-term rentals play in the housing crunch. It also is expected to consider statewide regulation.