Under new House bill, a person could own no more than 1 short-term rental unit in Ala

[Keenan Fitzpatrick]

People could only own one short-term rental unit in Alaska and they would have to register it with the state under a House bill introduced earlier this month.

The bill, sponsored by Anchorage Democratic Rep. Andrew Gray, aims to boost available housing in Alaska by curtailing the growth in short-term rentals like AirBnBs.

“If we want to increase the supply of available housing as quickly as possible, I don’t think there’s a faster way than this,” said Gray.

Source: KTOO

FLAME AWAY!

[Jamie Rose]

@Keenan Fitzpatrick - regulation is not a bad thing - but bad regulation is! They'd grandfather existing str's in - if this passed - so those already operating would be fine. Really we need to see subsidized affordable housing development - like reduce property taxes or lower interest rate loans to make new development worthwhile. Nobody is upset that they've built 10 new hotels in the last 10 years here - because there's money in it. Who has built low cost apartments in the last 20 years? Nobody - because building is so expensive... Anchorage should invest in itself and develop this out -