Clearly I do not have all the right info myself but we have council from people that do.Thomas S. 

If you want a look into macro level trends for the region, the Metropolitan Council offers data, maps, and projections.

Its great evidence to show the judge the stupidity of my landlord to seek council from a forum rather than a lawyer, probably wouldnt be in the situation theyre in. 

When no code enforcement then the enforcement of the state building code would fall on the selectman, council, or there designee. 

To see where this leads there are a couple of British TV shows on the interweb to check out.

Also, complaining to the Mayor's office and City Council would not hurt either. 

Washington (state) has this thing called the Rental Housing Association that provides some education and tools and networking- but what they do that I don't think we have here is lobby for issues that can help or protect us and act as advocates in various forums... council meetings, whatever.I think some of our Go Getters- the guys who go to 8am Meetups (or whatever) should consider heading this up. 

That said, I used to work as a real estate lobbyist -- one thing I've learned over my years, is that building departments often make up rules along the way and often are inconsistent in their rules (one inspector says this, another says that) -- if something sounds absurd, politely let them know you want to better understand the policy, and ask them to point out where its been adopted by the village board/city council -- sometimes you'll discover that the building department staff just made up the rule without any authority to do so.

Whether accurate or not, Denver's council sees the issue of short-term rentals through the prism of housing inventory.

In most states it is now time to consider running for political office... no, not the big offices, the small important ones:City or Borough Council, County Commissioner or Supervisor, School Board, Tax Collector, Treasurer, etc.For so long we have left these positions to those that want to use them as a stepping stone.