short-term rentals
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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
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.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2022
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.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2022
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.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2022
Committee advances bill to let Maine towns collect fees on short-term rentals
The bill would let communities impose impact fees on short-term rentals that aren't inhabited by permanent residents and use that money to support affordable housing.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2021
Falmouth Town Council to vote on short-term rental rules
Those in violation could face fines of $1,000 per day for the first offense and $1,500 per day for each additional offense.
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PublishedMay 23, 2021
Jim Fossel: Maine doesn’t need to ban Airbnb
Towns and cities already have the tools they need to regulate short-term rentals.
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PublishedMay 11, 2021
Falmouth faces 5.4% tax hike after $41.2 million school budget approved
Residents sound off on changes to short-term rental rules.
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PublishedMay 11, 2021
Letter: Short-term rental limits in Cape affect more than wealthy
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PublishedMay 3, 2021
As summer approaches, more coastal Maine communities regulating short-term rentals
Meanwhile, the Legislature weighs competing bills on the practice, including one that would levy fees on such rentals and another that would would bar cities and towns from passing rules prohibiting them.
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PublishedApril 28, 2021
Cape Elizabeth tightens rules on short-term rentals
New rules will allow the town to track renters more easily and cut back on absentee landlords.
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