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Habitat for Humanity urges limits on short-term rentals as council introduces ordinance
Summary
Habitat for Humanity and councilmembers raised housing-supply concerns May 11 as the council introduced an ordinance on short-term rentals intended to regulate and limit their number and location in unincorporated St. Charles County.
Michelle Woods of Habitat for Humanity thanked the county for moving to regulate short-term rentals and argued the rentals reduce affordable housing stock, raising home costs. "Short term rentals impact the market and the cost of homes by lessening affordable housing stock," Woods said, and she urged that rentals be counted and limited to certain areas.
The council introduced Bill No. 5490, sponsored by Councilmembers Patti York and Tim Baker, described in the meeting record as "AN ORDINANCE ENACTING SECTION 660 ... RELATING TO SHORT TERM RENTALS." The measure was placed on the agenda for introduction; no vote or amendment on the ordinance was recorded at this meeting.
Speakers and nonprofit representatives said they hope regulation will mitigate pressure on the local housing market. The council did not record further debate or a timeline for subsequent hearings on the ordinance during this session.
