Santa Fe committee reviews new short‑term rental compliance software; public sessions set for Nov. 13

Santa Fe's Quality of Life Committee heard an update in October on the city's implementation of a short‑term rental compliance and tax administration system provided by NuMo (formed from Avenue Insights and partners).

City staff and NuMo presenters showed a live compliance dashboard, described how listings are collected and archived, and said the system will be used to notify operators, schedule inspections and estimate tax revenue the city may be missing. “This is the dashboard that the team … and the rest of the compliance team would have access to,” Obiora Nikwocha, a NuMo project manager, said while demonstrating the live system.

Why it matters: Committee members said the tool should allow staff to move from reactive complaint response to proactive enforcement, improve permit renewals and give the council data for policy discussions about short‑term rentals. Committee members also asked about public access, data privacy and whether the system will generate reliable tax projections.

Key points from the presentation

- Data and compliance: NuMo representatives said the platform aggregates listings from more than 80 sites and that the city’s dataset shows “about 1,000‑plus” rentals and listings in the system. Obiora Nikwocha said the vendor has flagged roughly 240 listings that do not have a city permit. Earlier in the demo staff noted the city’s initial files contained about…