Jim Fossel: Response to housing crisis must not steamroll Maine’s shot at prosperity

short-term rentals

Published
August 21, 2022

Jim Fossel: Response to housing crisis must not steamroll Maine’s shot at prosperity

Our state should avoid top-down regulatory responses that stifle local economies.
Published
August 19, 2022

Maine Voices: Short-term rental proposal shortsighted on islands, elsewhere

The story of my cottage on Peaks is the story of countless island, lake, hunting and fishing cabins all over Maine.
Published
August 16, 2022

Airbnb is rolling out new screening tools to stop parties

Airbnb has been under growing pressure to clamp down on parties since 2019, when a Halloween house party in a San Francisco suburb ended with 5 people dead in a shooting.
Published
August 11, 2022

Our View: New short-term rental commission must take a long-term, statewide view

The business eats into housing inventory. As you may have noticed, Maine doesn’t have any to spare.
Published
August 3, 2022

Short-term rentals to be focus of new state housing commission

The legislative panel will collect data to see how much of a role short-term rentals play in the housing crunch. It also is expected to consider statewide regulation.
Published
February 3, 2022

Committee advances bill to let Maine towns collect fees on short-term rentals

The bill would let communities impose impact fees on short-term rentals that aren't inhabited by permanent residents and use that money to support affordable housing.
Published
May 23, 2021

Jim Fossel: Maine doesn’t need to ban Airbnb

Towns and cities already have the tools they need to regulate short-term rentals.
Published
May 3, 2021

As summer approaches, more coastal Maine communities regulating short-term rentals

Meanwhile, the Legislature weighs competing bills on the practice, including one that would levy fees on such rentals and another that would would bar cities and towns from passing rules prohibiting them.
Published
February 10, 2021

Hallowell short-term rental ordinance passes despite objection from Airbnb owners

A third reading made an ordinance change official that has short-term rental owners worried that they might have to put sprinklers in their rentals, but existing operations can continue without installing them.
Published
January 12, 2021

Proposal could require sprinklers in short-term rentals with three or more units in Hallowell

Andrea Lapointe, who owns three properties in Hallowell rented through Airbnb, said the city would have to take her to court if any of her properties require sprinklers.