The city back in 2016 adopted sweeping regulations to crack down on the short-term rental industry, but several court decisions have made a lot of those rules unenforceable. The city will spend the next few months updating its regulations for Airbnbs and other STRs throughout Austin. There's still time to influence them.

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In previous columns, I have discussed our portfolio of short-term rentals (STRs) and shared insights on purchasing Airbnb stock when it went public. The post Lot Lines: Changing short-term rental markets first appeared on The Journal Record.

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A big change could be coming to a significant number of properties throughout the city, with a new proposal to overhaul the city’s current short-term rental regulations.

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Residents will have a chance to weigh in on the changes before the council votes on them later this year.

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Austin proposes new rules for Airbnbs and other short-term rentals

The Austin City Council will consider changes to the short-term rental regulations next month. In the wake of a 2023 lawsuit involving a couple from Houston, the City of Austin was found by a judge to have violated their Constitutional rights by banning the use of non-owner occupied STRs, also known as Type 2 STRs. In a recent memo, Austin’s Development Services Department sounded the alarm, claiming the ruling effectively made the city’s curren…

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