Without order, there s chaos: Stamford looks to regulate short-term rentals like Airbnb
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STAMFORD Like most things in Stamford, the conversation about short-term rentals began with a parking problem.
Rep. Rodney Pratt, who represents the West Side, in 2018 started getting complaints about strangers parking on the street. Neighbors started raising an eyebrow at people coming and going from the West Side after short stints or parking their cars on the street. People asked about the safety of their community, and the safety of their kids.
“You don’t want your neighbor with two kids worried about the strange guy that came in next door, or the strange girl that came in and left, or the group of people that came and were there for four days partying,” said Pratt, D-9.