Denver hellbent on taking STR License

[Seth Kristian]

Ive been hosting my primary residence in Denver for years without incident, and each year renew license etc without no issues outside of the standard bureaucratic headaches. Last Dec was no different, i send in the money for the license, fill out info and expect a reply shortly thereafter. Jan, Feb go by and no reply but airbnb had froze my calendar for STR availability (only open for > 29 days . Then Mar, Apr im making more attempts to figure this out with no reply from excise and license. First week of July i get an email, stating Denver denied my license. I appealed and set a hearing for August. Denver's state cause that its not my primary address because of a second address i had mail forwarded to back in Dec 2020, for one month. A mail carrier had been bitten by a dog on my street and 2 weeks had gone by with no one receiving mail. I wasnt sure what happened so i called the post office, they informed me of the details so i had my mail forwarded to a friends house in Lakewood. When i realized how long that process takes i had filled out another form within a month to cancel so mail would resume at my primary address. I provided evidence in my reply to no avail and the city wants to go forward with my hearing. I want to ask if anyone has had any similar experience with Denver or any other location insofar as STR licenses are concerned, and the city forcing you to defend your right to rent. Thanks, and any insight, advice would be most appreciated!

[Nathan Gesner]

Who you vote for has consequences.

Unfortunately, a lot of people are voting for politicians that want to take away private property rights and determine what you can do with your property, how you do it, when you do it, how much you can charge for it, etc.

Thanks to the large percentage of illegal short-term rentals, and the poorly run ones, you can expect more and more crackdowns in the coming years. If you have a short-term rental, I would start considering ways to flex if your operation gets shut down. I think it's important to purchase properties with multiple uses, in case one use gets shut down or no longer produces results.