The Texas Hammer: Short-Term Rentals

It's your house. What can you do with it?

"...Short-term rentals (think houses that get listed on Airbnb and..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Short-Term Rentals: Can't We All Live Together?

Publisher Nick Barbaro on the CSTR debate

"...on this issue has turned back to whether commercial short-term rentals should be banned outright. That's a losing argument..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Short-Term Rentals: The Basics

"...issues raised in the gentrification debate is that of "short-term rentals," or in the lexicon of the city's Code..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Short Shelf for Short-Term Rentals?

The Texas Hammer never sleeps

"...the Legislature burns through hearings, two bills pertaining to short-term rentals are making their way through the committees. Public..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Input on Short-Term Rentals a Must

"...City Council has made material changes to the proposed short-term rentals ordinance without public input [“There Goes the Neighborhood,”..."

July 2, 2012 Postmarks

Council: Short-Term Rentals, Long-Term Meeting

After clearing the budget hurdle, Council is back to the grind

"...acquisitive blood moving, no doubt the return of the short-term rental regulations (Item 144) should do it. Staff has been..."

Sept. 27, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

No Short-Term Ordinance

Council delays final action on the short-term rental conundrum

"...week to "postpone final action" on any ordinance addressing short-term rentals until the City Auditor can complete a citywide..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Short-Term Regs Getting Longer ... and Longer

Council split on regulating Type 2 STRs

"...Kathie Tovo would like to ban Type 2 (non-owner-occupied) short-term rentals (STRs) in residential neighborhoods as soon as possible,..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Not a Short-Term Meeting [Updated Friday*]

Mueller, Yellow Cab, Fuddruckers, and more

"...is likely to be Item 44, the return of short-term rentals. As Josh Rosenblatt reports this week ("There Goes..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Can You Uber to Your Short-Term Rental?

Ride-for-hire regulations reach the dais

"...Items on the agenda, the headliners are two: 1) the short-term rental regulations, postponed from last Thursday, Dec. 10; and..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...and her son stay for a week in a short-term rental home on Mt. Bonnell Road. STRs have been..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Housing Heartburn or Marijuana?

Short-term rentals remain contentious

"...Austin resident Bob Easter is proud of his two short-term rental properties: two- and three-bedroom houses in the Allandale..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Natalia Ciolko

The Common Law

Short-Term Rentals (STRs) – recent questions

"..."The Common Law" receives lots of questions about short-term rentals (STRs). An STR, often called a vacation rental..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Short-term rentals in Austin – what happens next?

"...for only eight weeks. Does that make it a short-term rental where I'd need to get it permitted by..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Column by Luke Ellis

Public Notice: Market Forces vs. Residents – No Surprise Who's Ahead

Corporate investors, short-term rentals squeeze the market

"...softened by various exemptions and offset in the long term because their property is getting more valuable. Investors, however,..."

July 22, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

All This and Zoning Too

Marathon City Council meeting zones through lengthy agenda

"...proclamations, but just about everything else: a moratorium on short-term rentals, new contracts for major Austin Energy customers, an..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Post by Michael King

News Roundup: Cops, Church, and Council

Six arrested Saturday during a Black Lives Matter rally

"...a mixed-use development; Council fails to negotiate regulations on short-term rentals; and more...."

Sept. 21, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

All This and TNC’s Too!

First 2016 Council meeting promises plenty of action

"...staffing, transportation projects, PUD regs, neighborhood plan contact teams, short-term rentals, and (probably) transportation network companies. Should be fun!..."

Jan. 19, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Grove Matters

Council kicks the Shoal Creek Tract Case to October

"...zoning day. The hot-button postponements were revised regs on short-term rentals (sent to committee) and a baseline zoning decision..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Down the Rabbit Hole … Still [UPDATE]

City Council re-dives into short-term rentals … and hasn’t yet emerged

"...Tuesday morning, Council members continued to tread water over short-term rental regulations, considering several variations on regs limiting Type..."

Sept. 22, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Council: Headaches for the Holidays

In the home stretch, members wrangle short-term rentals

"...enters its 2015 stretch run this week, a little shorthanded (with Mayor Steve Adler out of town) but nevertheless..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Incompatible Binaries

TNC debate still sucking all the available oxygen

"...wide range of pending business – general transportation, affordability, short-term rentals, major contracts, even Council’s own rules – TNC’s..."

Feb. 2, 2016 News Post by Michael King

The Daily Hustle: 2/23/11

Vacation rentals in HOT water

"...Vacation rentals have seen their share of controversy lately, but this..."

Feb. 23, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Dave Franco Picks Up The Keys to The Rental

How scary hotels and Atlanta shaped his horror debut

"...modern enigma that fascinates Dave Franco: the existence of short term rentals. "The country is as divided as it's..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

STRs: Trying To Draw the Line

City staff recommend the lightest possible regulations for short-term rentals

"...city will be recommending the lightest possible regulations for short-term rentals at today's City Coun­cil meeting. Rather than supporting..."

June 8, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Eastside Residents Protest STRs

Protesters don't want to see homes turned into hotels

"...As City Council resumes discussion of the long-awaited short-term rental ordinance this week, some Eastside residents gathered at..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

City Hall Hustle: Make Yourself at Home

Neighborhoods split over burgeoning vacation rentals

"...at a jam-packed, city-sponsored stakeholder meeting last week, considering short-term residential rentals...."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

There Goes the Neighborhood

Council digs into short-term rentals this week

"...of bachelor party attendees and business-trippers who frequent the short-term rentals (STRs) that have surrounded her small Thirties bungalow...."

Aug. 11, 2015 News Post by Natalia Ciolko

Tell Council To Do the Right Thing

"...you. These commercial businesses are boutique hotels, aka commercial short-term rentals – homes bought as investments to use as..."

June 12, 2012 Postmarks

Morrison and Tovo Retarget STRs

Council's on break, but these two are hard at work

"...ways to regulate – if not eliminate – commercial short-term rentals. After pushing to postpone until Aug. 2 the..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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