i’d like to hear detailed specific strategies communities have used to help keep AirBnB allowable when the discussions come up about banning it.
in our case, another host and I, both of us seniors, went to town board meetings.
we explained that our guests are not people coming out looking to have a party, but that they are often people who have ties to the local community:
visiting somebody in the hospital or a young adult starting an internship, a local medical student, somebody moving to the area, househunting, etc.
they support local businesses, & are supervised in a sense because they’re renting a private room in a family home.
There’s no drain on the school system - it’s just people who need a place to sleep when they’re not at work or in the hospital, etc.
Our community claims to care about their seniors helping them age in place.
we told the town board hosting needs to be continued to be allowed so that we can hang onto our homes and not be forced out because of the high taxes. We had one local guest call in during the meeting talking about how we helped her when she was in a very bad domestic situation & needed to suddenly leave. She was an area resident who needed a fresh start until she could get her own apartment.
I would be interested in hearing what others have done in case this subject comes up again in my area and variably. This will help others who might be facing the same challenge.