A fight over taxing short-term rentals for affordable housing

Plus a bipartisan bid to curb truancy and a development on lot-splitting

Tim Gruver

Sara Kassabian

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Paul Queary

Jan 29, 2025

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Airbnb is gearing up to fight a renewed push for a tax on short-term rentals. Based on our latest perusal of the Public Disclosure Commission, the homestay broker recently dumped more than $1 million into the humbly named Airbnb Helps Our State Thrive PAC.

While Airbnbs can be anything from free-standing houses to apartments to bedrooms in people's hous…

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