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Dallas weighs strict regulations on short-term rentals

After years of local outrage, the city council is taking steps to restrict AirBnB and VRBO hosts

Dallas council member Adam Bazaldua (DesignStudio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, Dallas City Council District 7, iStock)
Dallas council member Adam Bazaldua (DesignStudio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, Dallas City Council District 7, iStock)

Dallas could become the latest city to restrict short-term rentals on platforms such as Airbnb and VRBO.

The city’s third group to look into regulations since 2020 released recommendations this week that would include forcing hosts to give emergency contact information to neighbors and require guests to register and pay hotel occupancy taxes, the Dallas Morning News reported. The group also proposed off-street parking requirements, limiting bedrooms to three adults, noise regulations and ensuring short-term rentals aren’t advertised as such.

Local residents have long lamented a lack of regulations and accountability for irresponsible property hosts. More than 100 people signed up to provide testimony for Monday’s committee meeting, many of whom cited noise, parties and crime as reasons to ban short-term rentals from single-family neighborhoods.

Local government crackdowns on AirBnB owners date back to 2017. Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and other cities have imposed a range of restrictions on short-term rentals from size limits to outright bans.

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The Dallas proposal would require hosts to pay a permitting fee and to either live on the property or to be located in Dallas County for at least 70 percent of the year. After three code citations or warnings within 12 months, hosts would be required to plead their case to the city’s board of adjustment.

Council member Adam Bazaldua, who chaired the task force, said that enough complaints could result in a short-term rental’s license to operate being revoked.
“It’s going to require platforms like Airbnb to make it part of their model that if you want to operate in the city of Dallas, you can’t list your property unless you’re able to provide X, Y or Z,” he said.

More than 1,000 people have registered as official short-term rental hosts. The city suspects there could be just as many properties advertising as short-term rentals that aren’t registered.

[Dallas Morning News] – Maddy Sperling

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