Mayors And Community Groups Beg DeSantis To Veto Bill Erasing Local Oversight Of Airbnb And Vrbo Rentals

March 25, 2024 Business, Republicans

The Florida Phoenix reports:

As lawmakers were winding down in the Capitol, Florida lawmakers finally passed a contentious bill that has irked local governments over the past decade — a proposal to give the state more power to regulate short-term vacation rentals such as Airbnb and Vrbo platforms, which have changed the vacation landscape in a tourist-heavy state.

But a growing list of opponents have been inundating Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office with emails and phone calls ever since. The bill had been approved on the second to last day of the legislative session, which ended March 8.

The opponents began urging DeSantis to veto the measure, with neighborhood residents and local government officials from coastal and tourist communities saying that the bill will tarnish their quality of life.

Read the full article. The bill exempts Flagler County, which just happens to be the home of GOP House Speaker Paul Renner. The bill’s author, Sen. Nick DiCeglie, says he wants to prevent local municipalities from using ordinances “as a weapon to stop vacation rentals from operating at all.”



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