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Supervisors press OSTR and Rent Board on STR enforcement and ILO implementation; public urges stronger action
Summary
At a lengthy hearing, planning and rent-board officials reported on short-term rental (STR) registration and enforcement and on intermediate-length occupancy (ILO) implementation. Staff described application backlogs, roughly 1,600 active registered hosts, about 600 pending applications, budget and staffing for OSTR, and enforcement outcomes; tenant advocates urged more aggressive enforcement and inclusion of STRs/ILOs in the city housing inventory.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee held an extended hearing on Sept. 27 covering intermediate-length occupancy (ILO) rules and the Office of Short-Term Rentals (OSTR) program’s registration and enforcement work. The session included presentations from the Planning Department, the Rent Board and OSTR, followed by extensive public comment from tenant groups and neighborhood advocates.
Corey Teague, the Planning Department zoning administrator, gave a brief ILO overview: the ILO designation applies to stays longer than 30 days and less than one year, the city set a 1,000-unit cap for ILO permits, and eligible units in existing buildings had a filing window; to date the department had received "fewer than 10 ILO applications representing less than 100 dwelling units" and many units…
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