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House committee weighs limits on short-term rentals, first-buyer requirement and municipal remedies
Summary
The House General and Housing committee debated language in S.127 addressing short-term rentals, including whether to limit resale protections to the first buyer, rely on municipal ordinances, or use contract covenants and deed restrictions for enforcement.
Members of the House General and Housing committee on May 1 discussed how a proposed housing infrastructure bill should treat short-term rentals and whether limits should apply only to the first buyer of a property.
Committee chair (Committee chair) said the committee was focusing discussion on the short-term rental language drafted by the Senate and the commerce committee, and that counsel would help produce final bill text. The chair framed the choice as a balance between protecting primary-residence affordability and recognizing some towns’ limited capacity to enforce long-term restrictions.
Ashley (Committee member) told the panel the draft would add a remedy…
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