I really hate it. It’s a really obscure rule more about interstate commerce being used to say that people in Houston MUST be allowed to buy up property they aren’t living at in a city they dont live in and use for STR.

It’s just another profits over people and government being used to keep cities fromanaging themselves the way they want. While it makes sense to protect business, housing seems like an overreach to me.

Places all over the world can restrict Stars, but not here. I wonder if we can tax the shit out of it to make it unprofitable unless you apply for an exemption you can do if you live there for 6 months, but that’s probably discrimination too.

Get rid of any short term rental where the landlord doesn’t live on site. Anything else is a hotel/motel and should be subjected to the same rules, regulations, zoning, and taxes as other hotel/motels.