![]() ![]() Airbnb and Vacation Rentals by Owner, or Vrbo, are nightmares in many neighborhoods.” Individual homeowners now have little control over adjacent ‘party palaces’ rented to large groups with virtually no controls. “For example, not allowing individual cities and counties to manage vacation rentals in their communities has created needless turmoil. “The trend in our state Legislature of superseding local government rule has generally been very wrong,” Trachtenberg says. Weakened home rule leads to chaos, he said. ![]() He advocated for lower-cost housing for teachers, police, health care workers and other mid-level professionals for years until the county commission ousted him this spring, ostensibly because he took his complaints of the commission’s alleged nonaction to the public. The weakening of home rule began with vacation rentals, said Joe Trachtenberg, the former head of Collier County’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. Planning objections can lengthen project timelines, reducing profit as inflation raises the cost of everything from building materials to skilled labor to insurance. That’s OK with developers, as legal challenges-which can ruin their ability to secure financing-can last for years. The result: Residents of beachside communities and other Southwest Florida cities and towns will have less time and fewer legal tools to block construction projects and developments that don’t fit the character of their neighborhoods. ![]() The Florida Legislature passed several bills this session that strengthen developer rights but weaken local control over planning and zoning decisions. ![]()
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