Ketchikan’s planning director says the community's housing crunch is forcing young people out, and elected leaders need to decide what kind of future they want.
found that short-term rental services like Airbnb and VRBO distort the housing market by taking long-term rentals off the market and displacing residents of affordable homes.
“I know at least one assembly member, two assembly members — their children are no longer living in this community,” he said. “They can’t afford to live here. They can’t afford to work here.” “What this is telling me is that I should move to another community, and I should rent my house as a VRBO that’ll pay my mortgage on this property, and also the mortgage or at least a portion of the mortgage somewhere else,” he said. “As a community member, that bothers me.”
But Harney said an amendment included in the measure that would require owners to register just once instead of each year would hamper the effort. “So they will scour Airbnb, VRBO and any of these other other websites that are out there, and they will look for it, and they will then actively let us know who or the community know who’s operating VRBO or a short-term rental,” he said.Southeast Conference identified it as a top issueAssembly member Jaimie Palmer works in the tourism industry. She highlighted the impacts the housing crunch has on the business environment.
Assembly member Jeremy Bynum said he would not support any measures that impose fees or penalties on short-term rental owners who abide by borough code.
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