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City reports 24 short-term rentals, plans compliance push and online registration improvements

Havre de Grace City Council · February 18, 2026
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Summary

Planning staff told the council the city has about 24 registered short-term rentals (well below a cap of 60), receives few complaints, and is working to improve registration and compliance using an online permitting workflow and a third-party listing-scraping service.

Havre de Grace — The city’s planning director told the council on Feb. 17 that roughly 24 short-term rentals operate in the city, largely concentrated downtown, and that the planning office will increase outreach and enforcement to improve compliance with registration and safety requirements.

Director Goins said the city contracts with a firm that searches listing websites (Airbnb, VRBO, etc.) to identify…

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