Nantucket health officials say 1,347 short‑term rentals registered; enforcement work to expand

The Nantucket Board of Health reported on Aug. 21 that 1,347 short‑term rentals were registered on the island as of Aug. 18, 2025, and described next steps to improve compliance, expand auditing of returns and coordinate with other local actors. Andrew Shapiro, environmental contamination administrator for the health department, presented the update at the meeting.

Why it matters: Short‑term rentals touch housing, neighborhood quality and public safety. The board said accurate registration data is a foundation for any enforcement or public‑safety follow‑up and pointed to work under way to make the registry easier to use and to get noncompliant listings into the system.

The health department told the board that registration fee receipts for fiscal 2025 total $336,750 (1,347 registrations × $250). Shapiro said that when the registration effort began last fall there were roughly 150 registered properties; after fixing vendor issues and improving the online flow the town now has the much larger list.

“We went from a 150 or so to 1,347,” Rocky (health department staff)…