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Finance committee presses Inspectional Services on short-term rental tracking, vacant‑property enforcement
Summary
At the June 18 Somerville Finance Committee hearing, councilors questioned the Inspectional Services Department about reduced software funding for short‑term rental detection, the five‑year‑old vacant‑properties ordinance, and whether current staffing will support enforcement.
Jake Wilson, finance committee chair and councilor at large, opened a departmental budget hearing for the Inspectional Services Department (ISD) at the June 18 Finance Committee meeting of the Somerville City Council.
The committee focused on how ISD will detect short‑term rental activity after a recent decline in the department’s software effectiveness and whether the department has capacity to enforce the city’s vacant‑properties ordinance.
“Matt Saino, interim superintendent of inspection services, told the committee: “We are exploring, right now, we're exploring our options as to what we can do to be more proactive with, identification of…
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