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Updated: 9:03 AM CDT May 7, 2021
DALLAS Dallas City Council got an earful from residents on Wednesday, as the general public had its first chance to comment on short-term rentals in the city.
The phrase short-term rentals, or STRs, is shorthand for the rooms and houses rented for days, weeks or longer through AirBNB and Vrbo. Some of the 78 people who Zoomed their thoughts waited hours to speak because of a delay in the council agenda.
Still, when the time came, they were ready.
“They’ve infiltrated our neighborhood,” said Laura Palmer from the Bishop Arts district of STRs.
Others described parking jams, burglaries and noise they attributed to these properties.
Northeast Dallas neighbors’ claims about ‘party house’ illustrate why city must regulate short-term rentals
Beginning Tuesday, the City Council has a chance to get control of this problem and even lead the way on what’s become a nationwide conundrum.
Lochwood neighbors began mobilizing in September against a new short-term rental that advertised capacity up to 22 people. Thursday, four months after “We say no to VRBO” signs began showing up in yards, the property was removed from the Airbnb and VRBO platforms.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)
When Alison and Michael Hannah sold their home in northeast Dallas’ Lochwood neighborhood last summer, something Alison couldn’t put her finger on just what didn’t add up.