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Local officials press for statewide short-term-rental registry; hosts warn of added costs
Summary
Mayors, first selectmen and municipal enforcement officers asked the committee for a statewide registry and tools to find STR listings that platforms obscure; hosts and small operators said many rentals are small owner-operators and warned optional local taxes and fees would burden homeowners and farmers using STR income to stay afloat.
Municipal officials from shoreline and inland towns told the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee they support HB5536'0(a proposal to create a statewide short-term rental registry and let municipalities adopt an optional supplemental local tax) because platforms obscure listing locations and towns lack resources to identify and enforce local rules.
"We can't enforce rules on properties we cannot find," said Cindy Sporago of the East Haven advocacy group SAFER Shoreline, and…
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