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Hawthorne council hears pitch to track short-term rentals; vendor says platform could recover millions
Summary
City officials heard a presentation from Deckard Technologies on a platform to identify unpermitted short-term rentals, estimate unpaid transient-occupancy taxes and launch a registration portal. Presenters said the system could be live in two to four weeks and potentially recover up to $5 million in host revenue.
Hawthorne — City officials on March 24 heard from a vendor about a system to find unlicensed short-term rentals and help the city collect unpaid transient-occupancy taxes.
Deckard Technologies presented the Rentalscape platform and told the City Council staff have already contracted with the firm to integrate a registration portal on the city website. "We're within—I'm gonna say—between 2 and 4 weeks from going live with the system overall," the presenter said, describing a final payment-provider integration as the last step before the portal launches. He added the company has identified nearly 600 listings historically in Hawthorne and currently tied about 150 properties to…
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