One week after the D.C. Council delayed a vote on similar legislation, the Prince George’s County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban residents from renting out second homes on short-term platforms such as Airbnb.
The Prince George’s bill, which was passed on the final day of this year’s legislative session, received substantially less pushback from residents than the proposal in the District, where there are many more Airbnb units and discussion has been intertwined with a heated debate about gentrification.
County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) proposed the Prince George’s legislation, which allows short-term rentals of residents’ own homes but not of additional properties. The county for the first time would tax short-term rentals, limit their duration and cap the number of guests at eight. Baker is expected to sign the bill.
Brad Frome, assistant deputy chief administrative officer for public infrastructure, said his office wanted “to allow residents to earn extra income on a limited basis,” but “didn’t want to allow investors and others who don’t care” about neighborhoods to be able to list their properties on short-term rental sites.
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