Short-Term Rentals /tags/short-term-rentals-1 Short-Term Rentals en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:34:44 GMT Austin punts on adopting some new short-term rental rules, will wait on legislative session /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 Austin to overhaul how it regulates Airbnbs and other short-term rentals /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 proposes new rules for Airbnbs and other short-term rentals /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 Federal court strikes down Austin's short-term rental rules as unconstitutional /austin/2023-08-03/federal-court-strikes-down-austins-short-term-rental-rules-as-unconstitutional The judge ruled in favor of a Houston couple who were denied a rental license for a property on Lake AGÕæÈË°Ù¼ÒÀÖ because they don’t live there. Thu, 03 Aug 2023 22:00:27 GMT /austin/2023-08-03/federal-court-strikes-down-austins-short-term-rental-rules-as-unconstitutional Luz Moreno-Lozano Swimming In Austin Just Became More Expensive. Here Are Some Other New City Fees Starting Today. /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 â€� and with it, new city fees. These can be anything from public library fines to what it costs toâ€� 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 Regulation Vacation: City Of Austin Collects Taxes From Unlawful Airbnbs /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,â€� she says. “And the house is a modern house, and it has aâ€� Wed, 16 Aug 2017 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2017-08-16/regulation-vacation-city-of-austin-collects-taxes-from-unlawful-airbnbs Audrey McGlinchy Austin Homeowners, Hotel Industry Spar Over City’s STR Ordinance /politics/2016-07-22/austin-homeowners-hotel-industry-spar-over-citys-str-ordinance Austin is facing legal action over its rules governing short-term rentals, like those you’d find on sites like Airbnb and Homeaway. But some in theâ€� Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:29:50 GMT /politics/2016-07-22/austin-homeowners-hotel-industry-spar-over-citys-str-ordinance Syeda Hasan City Faces Lawsuit Over Short-Term Rental Ordinance /politics/2016-06-21/city-faces-lawsuit-over-short-term-rental-ordinance This story has been updated with a comment from the City of Austin.A group of homeowners and renters are suing the city of Austin over its effort toâ€� Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:18:29 GMT /politics/2016-06-21/city-faces-lawsuit-over-short-term-rental-ordinance Syeda Hasan