by Paris Achen | Apr 23, 2026 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Two months into her new job, Danielle Dixon was on high alert as the Washington State Legislature convened and momentum quickly built around a proposed excise tax of up to 4% on short-term rentals. It was an early test of her new role as Executive Director of the...
by Paris Achen | Apr 8, 2026 | News, Regulatory News
A closely watched legal challenge to Montana’s new second-home tax will proceed through the lower courts after the Montana Supreme Court declined to take up the case on an emergency basis. In a March 31, 2026, order, the Court rejected a petition from Gov. Greg...
by Paris Achen | Apr 8, 2026 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Feature Image: David Krauss, Co-Founder and CEO of Rent Responsibly, and Julie Marks, Executive Director of Right to Rent Collaborative and Vermont SRTA Julie Marks’s role as a short-term rental advocate requires a kind of social hypervigilance, reading faces as soon...
by Paris Achen | Mar 30, 2026 | News, Regulatory News
State legislatures nationwide are testing their power to shape the short-term rental market, targeting issues such as taxation, property rights, and local control. In 2026, Idaho and Indiana limited local governments’ power to restrict the number of short-term...
by Paris Achen | Mar 17, 2026 | News, Regulatory News
Feature: Left to right, Ricco Garcia of Airbnb Government Relations, Melissa and Jeremy Radford of the Idaho Vacation Rental Association, and IVRA Vice President Cara Hipwell. Photo courtesy of Melissa Radford.Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed one of the most sweeping...
by Paris Achen | Mar 3, 2026 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Feature Image: Alicia Pearson, Executive Director of Minnesota STRA (right) at the LMC awards Alicia Pearson ran for mayor of Lanesboro, Minnesota, because she wants the town to prosper long after she’s done raising her two sons, 12 and 14. “I love my town, and I...
by Paris Achen | Feb 19, 2026 | News, Regulatory News
A bill that would have allowed Colorado communities to tax vacant homes died in committee on Feb. 9, 2026, after more than four hours of testimony and concerted opposition by short-term rental activists. House Bill 1036, sponsored by Reps. Brianna Titone and Elizabeth...
by Paris Achen | Feb 9, 2026 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
When Tereza Marks joined Arizonans for Responsible Tourism (AZRT) in May 2025, she became Rent Responsibly’s first-ever executive director hired to lead a state short-term rental alliance. It was a pioneering role. But Tereza didn’t come to the position through the...
by Paris Achen | Feb 5, 2026 | Guest Communications, Hosting and Management, Property Care, Safety
For nearly a week after Hurricane Michael tore through Panama City in the Florida Panhandle in October 2018, Annie Holcombe couldn’t make a phone call. The Category 5 hurricane wiped out power and cellphone towers, disabled water systems, destroyed 1,500 buildings,...
by Paris Achen | Jan 30, 2026 | News, Regulatory News
A bill introduced in the Washington Legislature would allow short-term rental operators to offer adult guests a complimentary marijuana preroll. House Bill 2639, sponsored by Rep. Melanie Morgan, would permit short-term rental hosts to provide each guest age 21 or...
