Bandon pauses new vacation rental applications for 120 days

Bandon pauses new vacation rental applications for 120 days

Vacation rentals have long been a source of tension along the Oregon Coast, where long-term residents often struggle to find affordable housing as short-term rentals and second homes reduce supply.Bandon has approved a 120-day moratorium on new vacation rental applications to study how those rentals affect local housing availability.Mayor Mary Schamehorn said the city lacks so-called middle-market housing for workers such as doctors and teachers…