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

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

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

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

Council Preview: Short Termers

City Council resumes regular business today, on a short-term fuse

"...Singing Waiters … and the next step in wrangling short-term rental regs...."

Sept. 17, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Zimmerman, TPPF Sue City Over "Sharing Economy" Regulations

D6 CM files suit over language in the Prop 1 ride-hailing ordinance

"...within a week of each other have challenged city regulations of the transportation network company and short-term rental industries...."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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

"...the agenda (Item 81), the final revisions to the short-term rental (STR) regulations, and next week, a similar attempt..."

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 Common Law

Short-term rentals in Austin – what happens next?

"...I own a rental house that's not my primary residence. I usually rent..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Column by Luke Ellis

News Roundup: Petitions, Put-Downs, and Peeling Out

Council keeps its eyes on the road

"...to withdraw Council Member Ann Kitchen for her proposed regulations on ride sharing apps; a council member on Twitter..."

Feb. 1, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Council: Still Biking After Midnight

With the EMS contract filed away, Council moves on to the South Lamar PUD

"...more contentious and time-consuming discussions included revisions to the short-term rental regulations (approved after some amendments to neighborhood caps,..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Aug. 13: In the Zone Again

Council plays musical chairs, because what else do they have to do?

"...Today's headline Item (9) is another run at short-term rental regulations, and the resolution, sponsored by D10's Sheri..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

City Council: The Race Is On

Previewing November’s elections for Districts 1, 3, 8, and 9

"...of ordinances democratically passed by her colleagues – from short-term rental regulations to ridesharing rules – irking colleagues along..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

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

New Council, Old Issues

Council closes spring meetings with a heavy agenda

"...– especially if they get derailed once again by short-term rental regulations (Item 42), passed June 14, but only..."

June 29, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Not Speed-Readers

Council awaits a nearly 90-item agenda on Thursday

"...the Grove at Shoal Creek Planned Unit Development and short-term rental regulations, were postponed until another time...."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

New Council, Old Issues

Previewing the June 28 City Council meeting

"...– especially if they get derailed once again by short-term rental regulations (Item 42), passed June 14, but only..."

June 27, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Public Notice: "A Failed Experiment"

Planning Commission blasts Type 2 STRs

"...possible message to City Council with their recommendations regarding short-term rental regulations. After surprisingly concordant discussion, the PC voted..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Hunkered Down in Troxclair’s Lair

City Council’s lone conservative preaches to her choir

"...libertarian think tank is currently suing the city over short-term rental regulations, which it says infringe on individual property..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

City Council: Keep ’Em Waiting

Council punts short-term rentals, pops the 290 landfills

"...suck the most time and cause the most heartburn: Short-Term Rental regulations. Something to look forward to for the..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Council Preview: The Budget ... and Everything Else

After a daylong budget work session, the Council still have a lot to take on

"...are scheduled public hearings about rising Texas Gas rates, short-term rental regulations (that should be fun), Rainey Street building..."

May 3, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Austin Looks for Routes Out of Its Homelessness Crisis

Under pressure, the city experiments with fast and sustainable strategies

"...an apartment don't have those kinds of rules and regulations."..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council: Let's Face the Music

Ring in the New Year with a marathon Council meeting

"...full of hot-button business – transportation network company regs, short-term rental regs, planned unit development zoning, parkland dedication fees,..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: While the Cats Were Away

The stakeholders play

"...grief than the issue of regulating commercial short term rentals (STRs). The deliberations were ugly during the last Council's..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Texas Hammer

Gov. Greg Abbott and cronies feasted on cities in 2017

"...regarding ridesharing; affordable housing; heritage tree safeguards; bag bans; short-term rentals; and LGBTQ protections. "This is Austin-bashing on steroids,"..."

Dec. 29, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

"This Is Austin Bashing on Steroids"

This legislative session, state GOP lawmakers ran an all-out assault on municipal values

"...his weight behind a broad-based law to pre-empt local regulations – chinlessly asserting the country is not called the..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Top 10 City Council Stories

"...The fate of short-term rental units – or at least the "Type 2,"..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

City Slickers

How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control

"...attacked a slew of Austin policies, including the city's short-term rental and ridesharing regulations, single-use bag ban, the upcoming..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...and discussion – but not decisions – on revised short-term rental regulations and a baseline zoning for The Grove..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature

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