Regulating short-term rentals in Dallas is not a solution | Opinion
has yet to agree on whether they should ban short-term rentals in certain neighborhoods, but discussions are ongoing. The lack of regulation and clear rules has frustrated some residents.
Short-term rentals are a land use decision — do we allow our housing stock to be used as short-term lodging, and if so, under what rules? Every land use decision is a balancing act. In this case, we are balancing existing residents’ right to the quiet enjoyment of their homes, neighborhood building, and the need to use our housing stock to house residents against the profits of short-term rental operators and platforms such as Airbnb and VRBO.
In this environment of acute housing shortage, every short-term rental robs us of one unit of long-term housing the city needs; removing housing units adversely impacts all other levels of housing. The only benefit to the city from the operation of short-term rentals — hotel occupancy tax — cannot be used under state law to produce housing and is rarely paid by operators or platforms anyway.
The platforms have proved themselves unreliable partners in any sort of regulation efforts by the city. While these platforms run heartwarming TV ads, they steadfastly refuse to cooperate with local governments to provide data needed for regulation and enforcement, frequently suing local governments to avoid having to do so. And they refuse to assist with the collection of hotel occupancy tax.
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