AUSTIN, Texas — Austin city leaders are looking at new rules for Airbnb properties and other short-term vacation rentals in the city – but they want to hear from the public first.
This isn’t Austin’s first attempt at regulating short-term rentals. Previous rules approved in 2016 were struck down by a court, which ruled that “the ability to lease property is a fundamental privilege of property ownership.”
“Due to recent court decisions, some of the regulations we have on the books right now are essentially unenforceable,” Daniel Word, the Assistant Director of Austin’s Development Services Department, said…