A major affordable housing bill would let cities crack down on thousands of illegal short-term rentals and facilitate more moderate-income housing.
Bill would let cities crack down on thousands of illegal short-term rentals and facilitate more moderate-income housingThis story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.But last year, I wrote about a real problem: The explodingin the state.
with a lot of good provisions , including the last lines of the measure, which would repeal the silly restriction on how cities are allowed to crack down on illegal short-term rentals. “Although I understand all of your complaints, I disagree that government should have any control over what anyone does with their private property,” one reader wrote about my piece. “Only a liberal would suggest that government control and interfere with what citizens do with private property. … People like you disgust me.”
“While they’re a great tool in the right location, in the wrong locations, they can cause some problems with the neighborhoods and communities where they’re not zoned for it,” he said. “There’s an expectation when people move into a neighborhood and the zoning is such that they’re not allowed. When they become prevalent and change the neighborhood, you have a whole different feel.”
“If you take those rentals that are inappropriately held for overnight rentals and put them back into the housing market, you’re talking about a significant number of housing units coming back into the market,” Waldrip said.put a meaningful dent in the estimated 55,000-unit shortageObviously, it doesn’t solve the entire problem. That’s where the rest of Waldrip’s bill comes in.
It puts another $50 million into a rural housing loan fund aimed at helping bolster investments in housing and pay for labor in places that are short on both.
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