/tags/airbnb Airbnb en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:34:44 GMT /housing/2025-02-27/austin-tx-short-term-rental-rules-changes-texas-legislative-session The city was scheduled to vote Thursday on rules that staff said would make it harder for short-term rental owners to skirt the city’s licensing requirements. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:34:44 GMT /housing/2025-02-27/austin-tx-short-term-rental-rules-changes-texas-legislative-session Audrey McGlinchy /housing/2025-02-10/austin-tx-short-term-rentals-airbnb-vrbo-licensing-rules The city has proposed rules to make it hard to run a short-term rental without a city-issued license. Third-party data suggests thousands of owners rent out their homes without one. Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:01:00 GMT /housing/2025-02-10/austin-tx-short-term-rentals-airbnb-vrbo-licensing-rules Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2025-01-15/austin-tx-airbnb-vrbo-regulations-public-feedback Residents will have a chance to weigh in on the changes before the council votes on them later this year. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:27:44 GMT /austin/2025-01-15/austin-tx-airbnb-vrbo-regulations-public-feedback Luz Moreno-Lozano /2019-08-28/this-digital-sheriff-helps-cities-wrangle-airbnb-rules Cities are struggling to enforce rules around everything from problem party houses to investors pushing up housing costs. An entrepreneur is helping local officials deal with these short-term rentals. Wed, 28 Aug 2019 09:02:00 GMT /2019-08-28/this-digital-sheriff-helps-cities-wrangle-airbnb-rules Chris Arnold /austin/2019-05-30/texas-lawmakers-tried-to-take-the-reins-from-cities-this-session-the-results-were-mixed For the last handful of legislative sessions, the Texas Legislature has had it in for Austin and other cities.GOP lawmakers who regularly thumb their� Thu, 30 May 2019 21:48:02 GMT /austin/2019-05-30/texas-lawmakers-tried-to-take-the-reins-from-cities-this-session-the-results-were-mixed Andrew Weber /texas/2019-03-29/here-are-3-ways-state-lawmakers-could-disrupt-or-shore-up-short-term-rentals-in-texas-this-session For years, short-term rentals � the rooms and homes on apps like Airbnb and HomeAway � have been the subject of lawsuits and hand-wringing on the part of� Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:00:00 GMT /texas/2019-03-29/here-are-3-ways-state-lawmakers-could-disrupt-or-shore-up-short-term-rentals-in-texas-this-session Andrew Weber /business/2019-03-26/ut-faculty-students-feel-the-impact-of-airbnb-blacklist When Amanda Bosky, a graduate student in sociology, goes to an academic conference, she often uses Airbnb to save money. Now the University of Texas at� Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:28:14 GMT /business/2019-03-26/ut-faculty-students-feel-the-impact-of-airbnb-blacklist Arya Sundaram /texas/2019-03-06/is-airbnb-violating-texas-ban-on-doing-business-with-companies-that-boycott-israel From Texas Standard:As we reported several months ago, Texas has a policy that makes it illegal for state government entities to contract with companies� Wed, 06 Mar 2019 20:20:00 GMT /texas/2019-03-06/is-airbnb-violating-texas-ban-on-doing-business-with-companies-that-boycott-israel Alexandra Hart /austin/2018-10-01/swimming-in-austin-just-became-more-expensive-here-are-some-other-new-city-fees-starting-today Every Oct. 1, the City of Austin welcomes a new budget � and with it, new city fees. These can be anything from public library fines to what it costs to� Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:28:48 GMT /austin/2018-10-01/swimming-in-austin-just-became-more-expensive-here-are-some-other-new-city-fees-starting-today Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2017-08-16/regulation-vacation-city-of-austin-collects-taxes-from-unlawful-airbnbs Becca Dobberfuhl has a name for her Bouldin Creek home.“It’s all this rusty, rusty, rusty color,� she says. “And the house is a modern house, and it has a� Wed, 16 Aug 2017 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2017-08-16/regulation-vacation-city-of-austin-collects-taxes-from-unlawful-airbnbs Audrey McGlinchy