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Planning Department says short-term rental enforcement targets units used as hotels, not evictions
Summary
Planning Department Director told the Planning Commission enforcement focuses on units held off the market and used as short-term rentals, and is not an eviction enforcement mechanism between landlords and tenants.
Planning Department Director Grama addressed recent press coverage and told the Planning Commission the department’s enforcement actions on short-term rentals 'have nothing to do with evictions.' Grama said most complaints concern units that are vacant for long periods and rented out for short stays, and that the department’s enforcement aims to address that use.
The director said the department submitted a letter to the editor to correct public misperceptions that enforcement leads to tenant evictions. "Those are private matters between landlords and tenants related to leases," Grama said, adding the department responds to complaints about properties being used like hotel rooms rather than as primary residences.
Commissioners thanked the director for the clarification. The statement came amid broader commission discussion of housing and regulatory changes; no formal action was taken on the topic at the meeting.
