Riverside County Widens Powers to Shut Down Illegal Rentals
Riverside County has adopted tougher enforcement rules for short-term rentals in unincorporated areas, giving code enforcement more room to fine and shut down unpermitted listings.
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Los Angeles Sues Four Over 30-Property Rental Ring
The city attorney has filed a civil suit accusing four defendants of running unlicensed short-term rentals across 30 Los Angeles properties, with no primary-residence registration in sight.
VayKLife Buys Xplorie to Merge Rental Perks With Tours
VayKLife has acquired Xplorie, folding the company's bundled attraction-ticket perks into a single activity-booking platform for vacation rental managers.
California Firm Tells Hosts to Pre-File Squatter Paperwork
A California security firm says vacation rental owners can blunt costly squatter disputes by keeping ownership records, signed guest agreements and trespass notices ready before a vacancy turns into an occupation.
StayTerra Names Amy Kothari CEO With Immediate Effect
Vacation rental management company StayTerra has installed Amy Kothari as chief executive, effective immediately, with no transition period disclosed.
Pitkin County Reviews Short-Term Rental Rules Near Aspen
Pitkin County commissioners have opened a review of the short-term rental licensing system covering unincorporated land around Aspen and Snowmass Village, with no revised rules adopted yet.
Corpus Christi Set to Tighten Owner-Occupied Rental Rules
Corpus Christi council members are voting on a measure that narrows who can call a short-term rental owner-occupied, without touching the city's existing permit system.
Arizona Cities Push Ballot Measure to Reclaim Rental Control
A coalition of Arizona municipalities wants the legislature to let voters decide in 2026 whether cities can set their own short-term rental rules again.
Beverly Hills Won't Bend Rental Ban for 2028 Olympics
The city is keeping its ban on stays under 30 days fully in force through the Los Angeles Games, rejecting a temporary homeowner exception even as neighboring jurisdictions weigh looser rules.
Cape Cod Town Pulls Rental Survey After Finding an Error
A Cape Cod town has paused a resident survey on short-term rental rules after officials discovered a flaw in it, with a corrected version expected to follow.
Montgomery Delays Rental Vote, Softens License Threat
Montgomery, Alabama postponed its short-term rental ordinance for a second time and is rewriting a rule that could have cost hosts their license over emergency-response failures.
Oregon Appeals Court Upholds Lincoln County Rental Rules
Oregon's Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge to Lincoln County's short-term rental ordinance, leaving licensing and zoning limits on coastal vacation rentals in place.
Casago Sells Off Every Market It Got From Vacasa
Casago has divested all the vacation rental markets it picked up when it bought Vacasa, just over a year after that deal closed.
Banner Elk Shelves Rental Rule Overhaul Over Permit Fight
Banner Elk, North Carolina pulled its proposed short-term rental ordinance rewrite this week after council members could not agree on how to permit larger rental homes, leaving the town's existing rules in place for now.
Irvine Orders Airbnb, Vrbo to Hand Over Parcel Numbers
Irvine, California will require booking platforms to submit exact addresses and assessor parcel numbers, closing a gap hosts have used since the city's 2018 short-term rental ban to stay off the radar.
Chaffee County Trustees Again Delay Short-Term Rental Vote
Local officials in Chaffee County, Colorado have not set a date to finalize new short-term rental rules, leaving hosts under existing regulations for now.
Folly Beach to Freeze New Rental Permits Until 2027
Folly Beach council will vote on appealing a ruling that struck down its short-term rental cap and on halting new rental permits through 2027.
Clark County Orders Airbnb, Vrbo to Block Unlicensed Listings
Clark County commissioners voted 5-0 to bar booking platforms from taking payments on short-term rentals without a county license, starting with an enforcement rollout aimed at Airbnb and Vrbo.
Huntsville Council Race Turns Into Referendum on Rental Rules
Three candidates for Huntsville, Alabama's District 4 council seat are campaigning on rival plans for short-term rental oversight, from tighter permit caps to stepped-up enforcement.
Plainfield, NJ Floats Third Rental Rule, Caps Nights at 310
Plainfield's third short-term rental ordinance in ten months would cap bookings at 310 nights a year after two stricter drafts collapsed under council opposition.