short-term rentals

Published
December 11, 2022

Augusta City Council expresses concerns about short-term housing rentals

Officials question whether the city's ongoing housing shortage could be worsened if more housing were converted into short-term vacation rentals.
Published
September 26, 2022

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.
Published
September 2, 2022

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.
Published
September 1, 2022

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.
Published
August 24, 2022

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.
Published
August 21, 2022

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.
Published
August 19, 2022

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.
Published
August 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.
Published
August 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.
Published
August 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.