West Houston neighbors fed up with sex parties, drunkenness, gunfire at short-term rental properties

HOUSTON — Neighbors in west Houston said they're once again preparing for a sleepless night. They said residential homes that have been converted to short-term rental properties are wreaking havoc on their neighborhoods.

Yang said things have never been as bad as they are today. For the past three years, she said three of the units in her townhome community have been converted into what is known as short-term rentals. They're basically homes converted into hotels that can be rented out by the night or the week. “This is the sex on the balcony site,” Yang said while pointing to the balcony of one of the short-term rental units. “Sex party on the balcony, so neighbors can see it, that is crazy.”“Monday morning, 8:30, when parents drop their kids at elementary school down the street,” Yang said.

Other residents from neighborhoods throughout the City of Houston spoke to the mayor and council members telling them their lives have been turned upside down, too, by short-term rental properties.

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