Public Notice: One Hand Clapping

Budget in rearview mirror; Council still debating STRs

"...with this week is the long-simmering, now-raging dispute over short term rental regulation. Tuesday's much-anticipated Planning & Neigh­bor­hoods Committee..."

Sept. 18, 2015 News Column

Public Notice: The Battle of I-35

Are we due for a rematch tonight?

"...noted a trend last week: "In Airbnb Hubs, Furnished Short-Term Rentals Are Now Pouring Onto the Market." The report..."

June 5, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Eastward Expansion

Surfing the wave of gentrification on the Eastside

"...East­side. He reached out to the owners of Jump­o­lin shortly after their business was demolished to offer his space..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Council: From Energy Management to Domain Rezoning

After this meeting, we'll all need a drink

"...next major order of business is regulating (or not) "short-term rentals" – the burgeoning small industry of renting out..."

June 8, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Dog Days Arrive

Budget hearings get under way this week

"...session Monday night – dominated by public testimony on short-term rentals – that lasted until nearly 3am. (Like water,..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Late-Night STR Debate

Committee to present STR resolution to Council on Thursday

"...forward and one step back on regulating the city's short-term rentals (STRs), as fundamental disputes about how to achieve..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Natalia Ciolko

Pilot Program Spurs STR Crackdown

Austin Code is closely monitoring short-term rentals

"...halfway through a pilot program aimed at addressing out-of-control short-term rental properties (STRs), and the results are already coming..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Natalia Ciolko

Public Notice: First, Do No Harm

Council dives in

"...Monday, Feb. 9: Neighborhood Issues (including Code Compliance, ADUs, short-term rentals, stealth dorms, parking, etc.); Transportation and Mobility (including..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: If This Is Thursday, the Public Hearing Is Closed

Short-term rentals may cause quite a stir at today's City Council meeting

"...turn out to be a teapot tempest compared to short-term rentals, currently the subject of two flatly contradictory items..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Land Development Code: What's New in Draft Two

A look at the latest version of Austin's revised land use rules

"...• Type 3 short-term rentals (full-time tourist rentals in multifamily housing) are prohibited..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Headlines

"...City Council, with annexations, dozens of zoning cases, and short-term rental regs. See "Council: Short-Term Rentals, Long-term Meeting."..."

Sept. 27, 2013 News Feature

Sword of Escamilla Dangles Over City Hall?

Unabated rate discourse, post office roast, and more

"...month to Andrews Urban and the Novare Group. Anything short of a bomb shelter would be an improvement...."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Time for Some Halloween Horrors

Featuring The Unholy Return of the Short-Term Rentals Ordinance

"...this week's feature is The Unholy Return of the Short-Term Rentals Ordin­ance. (Just when you thought it was safe..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Unity in the Community as City Council OK’s Police Pact

Why all sides are calling the four-year, $44 million police contract a win

"...extraterritorial jurisdiction to Dripping Springs, and a resolution on short-term rental enforcement...."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

News Roundup: Reports, Rappers and (Dis)Enfranchisement

Government may or may not be a farce

"...dispatched to the Walnut Creek Apartments on Springdale Road shortly after 1am that Sunday morning after learning that the..."

Feb. 22, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Public Notice: While the Cats Were Away

The stakeholders play

"...create more grief than the issue of regulating commercial short term rentals (STRs). The deliberations were ugly during the..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Planning Is Doing

Eastside wins, Council struggles

"...the massive Land Development Code rewrite; and "recommendations on short-term rental regulations and enforcement." The ADU issue would seem..."

June 12, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Common Law: Rent Your Place During SXSW?

Rent your place during SXSW?

"...recently revised the ordinances that regulate the practice of short-term rentals (STRs). Owners of STRs, defined by the city..."

March 7, 2014 Column by Luke Ellis

Top 10 City Council Stories

Bill Spelman's cancer scare, Austin Pets Alive!'s takeover at Town Lake, and more

"...5) Short-Term Reaction Among the hottest public arguments was the one..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

The Dead Walk by Night

Marathon meeting turns City Council members into zombies

"...• Item 42: The vexed question of short-term rentals was up for second and third readings –..."

July 6, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

The Common Law

Renting your house during SXSW?

"...bags, it's important to understand how the City regulates short-term rentals (STRs)...."

March 2, 2018 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Renting your rental house during SXSW?

"...a good idea to understand how the City regulates short-term rentals (STRs)...."

March 3, 2017 Column by Luke Ellis

Council: Not Just STRs

Restore Rundberg, nondiscrimination also on the menu

"...among other things, take long-anticipated action on Type 2 short-term rentals, ending with a vote banning the non-owner-occupied STRs..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Public Notice: Chaos Reigns!

City needs your help now!

"...piece of your mind at today's public hearings on short-term rentals, PUD rules, neighborhood plan contact teams, parkland dedication..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: "Sharing" Showdown Arrives

Plenty of contentious business for the first Council meeting of the year

"...staffing, transportation projects, PUD regs, neighborhood plan contact teams, short-term rentals, and ... transportation network companies. The TNCs hadn't..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Choosing Sides

An estimated 9,000 lots will become eligible to build ADUs

"...is likely to be quite modest, at least in terms of the "100,000 units" that Adler has repeatedly described..."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Friends Like These

Austin Neighborhoods Council prez says FAN and ANC values are in conflict

"...over ADUs – and more recently, stricter regulation of short-term rentals – is no coincidence, as the "Friends" groups..."

Sept. 11, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: In Defense of Pedophilia

CM Don Zimmerman embarks on a new crusade

"...launch a pilot program for enhanced code enforcement of short-term rentals (STRs) in residential neighborhoods, focusing on over-occupancy, noise..."

July 3, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Speed Limit?

City government: Rebuilt in two weeks

"...Issues workshop – a monster, including Code Compliance, ADUs, short-term rentals, stealth dorms, parking, etc. – was pushed back..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

A Council's Work Is Never Done

A recap of last week's City Council action

"...It might have seemed that the fate of short-term rentals was the only item on last week's City..."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

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