Too bad the owners of Air BnBs do not live next door to their properties.

The grandkids coming over once or twice a year aren’t throwing crazy parties disturbing everyone.

Keep hotels out of neighborhoods!

Comparing your party guests to someone's grandkids. Give me a break.

Her grandchildren won't throw parties until 4am and aren't paying to stay at Grandma's. What a dumb analogy!!

A residential neighborhood - not hotels. There's a reason people don't like living next to hotels and motels - random transient guests. There's a huge difference with a home owner having friends and family over and a house that is turned into an Inn catering to random transient people. Grandma isn't running a motel - he is.

Former security guard who use to work the Isla Del Sol area. By far, the biggest problems I encountered were with short term rentals. Late night partying, loud music, sneaking into locked pool/spa areas, public drunkedness, confrontational guests. 99% of the time, it was a first time, short time renter. It caused a lot of problems for the people who lived full time on the property.

Short term rentals are a business and have no place in a residential neighborhood!

her grand kids aren't bringing 200 of their closest friends with them either....

2:00 equating number of renters in one room and a grandma putting multiple kids in a single bedroom is disingenuous at best... grandma is not charging RENT from those kids...

I disagree, with his example. A private residence should have different laws from a rental property.

I am about fed up with an Air BNB right next to my home. I bought this home years ago with the intentions of a nice quite neighborhood. How dare the city allow these business owners to come in and buy these houses and rent them out. Now we constantly have to keep the garage door shut, and doors locked. We never know what is going to be spending time next door. Let’s not get into sleeping at night during the work week and cars and doors slamming all night long because of in and out. For shxts sake we live on a culdesac. The best part these business owners buying these houses DO NOT live here in the state of Florida. Don’t even get me started on the pool party noise. There is no more home sweet home when you have Pinellas Paradise next door. I call all of it BS, just so the city can pocket more money. GREED OVER RESPECT!

(Also FL). Two neighbors down, the Owner lives there and does AB&B with her other two bedrooms. One big problem, she makes the renters park in the street, which is against the County Ordinances for Platted Subdivisions and BC of it, the USPS can’t access her, or her next door neighbors mailbox from the postal truck, same with garbage pick-up. I politely mentioned that her continual guests were creating problems and she immediately “went off” telling me it’s none of my F-ing Business. 😮, I said ok, Thanks. I can’t relate to / nor have much compassion for inconsiderate, mouthy A-holes, so I reported it to Code Enforcement. Problem Solved in less than a week.

Grandchildren are family members not strangers

I own a place in SC and the short term rentals destroy the neighborhood.

But granny, with her grandkids stuffed in a room, isn’t charging for her family, and she doesn’t have them there week in and week out!

What human would complain about a grandmother having children over for Christmas?

In Spain they are beginning to limit house rental properties because. 1 housing costs have risen dramatically,2. Local people have been removed from the area.3. Noise and overcrowding of residential areas.

Grandma does not charge rent for those grandkids she’s cramming in the spare bedroom. That property owner needs to get over himself.

For years i rented a condo on Sanibel, the hoa ran the rental program. On site management is the key to control.

Boohoo to the property rental owners-not a great spokesperson for this story.

If hotels weren’t so crazy expensive then Air B&Bs would be less popular. I think most people using B&Bs are probably not rowdy, but it only takes a small percentage to ruin it for everyone.

As a house owner, I'd be upset too over people turning these homes into party houses. No one wants to live near that, or have their peace disturbed.

Ban all temporary rentals until the housing crisis stops. Your 75% of the problem

Short term renters have no personal stake in a neighborhood so they don't care how much noise they make or how much damage they cause to other people's property. They just walk away and leave the problems to someone else. Homeowners have not only a financial stake, they also want to maintain a good relationship with their neighbors so they make sure they don't become a nuisance.

They just need to outright ban this stuff. Set a minimum rental duration of one month. If you need less then stay in a hotel. Don't try to police how many people are staying in a bedroom or whatever other minutia. We all know what the problem is. Take it on directly. These houses are not hotels and the neighborhoods they're in were never planned to have hotels. And unless you're someone who believes in no zoning at all then you should have no problem with banning the conversion of single family homes into hotels.

I love that just plain regular people can be as greedy as big faceless corporations. As long as you're making money, screw thy neighbor.

I noticed the owner has his background blurred. I would be curious to know where he actually lives how often he actually sets foot in the rental property, and how many rental properties he owns. The problem is that owners are not individuals, they’re companies buying multiple properties with very little oversight about what’s really going on at the ground level. Good for these towns for imposing safety and neighborhood rules. People letting anyone come and go unchecked in Airbnb properties, while charging as much if not more as hotels should be faced with the same if not stricter regulations. They think they found a loophole by making ridiculous profits without having to meet the same business and safety standards a hotel would. Not to mention that this is ruining neighborhoods by buying up properties that would otherwise be available for families to live in.

A grandmother having her grandchildren over for a weekend is just a LITTLE different than renters looking to "party down" for a week or so at an Air BNB.

Did this guy just compare Grandkids coming over for xmas to weekend renters playing loud music and puking outside while on vacation ?

I can just see it, squatters renting for a week, then won't leave. They tear up the place and the neighborhood. O wait, thats already happening.

If the house is not for owner occupancy or long-term rental, then I don't understand why it is not classified and "commercial" use requiring a zoning change? That is what local governments need to be doing...You don't get to open what is essentially an unattended hotel in a single-family residential neighborhood.

I loved the Landlord Dude that compared himself Granny on Christmas Eve! Really?? He needs another line before he tries to sell his "discrimination" claim to a jury.

Grandkids and drunken adults stuffed into a room are two different things.

When I had a winter home in Key West the transient rentals were out of control and these weekly renters would party all night and ruined my winter months trying to relax and enjoy my home and neighbor hood. There needs to be more control over these daily, weekly and monthly rentals! This guy talks about his year around neighbor having his grandchildren over at Christmas time for a week.Give me a break, it’s once a year not week after week through out the entire winter season! Big difference! Wake up Florida!

Just hit Air BnBs with a 30% tax. Don't change the rules. Change the taxes, making it not worth the investment of an AirBnB

These rentals in general have gotten out of hand, not just vacation rentals, I live next door to a rental. I’ve been in my home 15 years and the house next to me is a subsidized home now. There have been 4 tenants in the last 6 years. Each one worse than the last. They don’t go to work so they don’t care that you gotta work, so they are up at all hours of the day and night playing loud music with their subwoofers in their cars, they have a HUGE trash pile with rats coming out on the side of their house, they have a dog that is always barking, the lawn is now just tall weeds, and their backyard is trash and dog poop LOTS of dog poop. Code enforcement and animal control do nothing, absolutely nothing, they respond, they ticket them, but these folks don’t care, they just let the tickets pile up, animal control leaves notices, animal control even left them a brand new $200 bark collar, not once has it been put on the dog and the landlord is making money off the property meanwhile I go to work tired every day and a portion of my paycheck is taken to pay their rent to the landlord. It’s really disappointing. Rentals in general screw up neighborhoods, no pride in ownership, it drives up prices because really, who can out bid an investment company? As a result of the increased prices fewer people can realize the American dream of home ownership.

The difference between over-occupancy of party guests, and letting your grandkids stay over.... is that one is a private residence, the other is a commercial business.

Really you comparing,someone grandkids with a bunch of who knows what shareing a bedroom😢

The last guy, STV rental owner just made a false equivalency- the grandkids don't come everyday. His business is running everyday & he is going to have his property filled as everyday if he could.

My son used to live in a high rise apartment building in Brickell, paying a fortune in rental, half of the building were owned by overseas residents, so they decided to list them on Airb&b. Horrible, people were running on the halls at late hours, leaving garbage every where, the people from the apartment above brought their dog that pooped on the balcony, so they decided just wash it off, all the watery feces were dripping to my son’s balcony and into the pool. He had to move because it was out of control.

The bill gives jurisdiction to the state, not the individual cities. DeSantis was right in vetoing it. Now the local governments can regulate this. The people need to get together and pressure their local governments.

This is what you get when you allow continued corporate ownership of a major portion of single homes in your area. The corporate owners don't care, all they want is the money for their share holders.

Locals need to take control of what goes on in their cities.

If short-term rental regulations are controlled by a single state authority, all AirBnB lobbying money goes to one politician to create favorable rules. By DeSantis vetoing this proposal, they will have to pay hundreds if not thousands off to get what they want. Ron DeSantis just saved homeowners all across the state!

We had airbnb homes in our neighborhood just 2 years ago, one of them was our next door neighbors. It was absolute hell. Blasting music from their car in the front yard all hours. Not to mention the one two doors down that had a renter STEAL our neighbors outdoor cat. I STILL miss kitty friend. I gave them a hard enough time they both sold their homes, now people live in them that own them.

We had a huge home turn AirBnB right behind us. Their pool backed up to our back patio. It slept 22 people. Party, party, party. Loud music, screaming kids. At $895 per night, only large groups could afford it. Ridiculous. We sold our home and moved. I couldn’t stand it. We had lived in our house for 24 years, without a problem. Until then.

Good for Gov Ron. Standing up for Local Rights. That’s Called Democracy!! The idea of this guy comparing his business that he charges people for staying in homes he owns to a Grandmother who has Grandchildren visiting is absurd.

WE DON’T WANT SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN OUR TOWN!!!

We Residents of Florida need inventory to increase to get these prices down! Poop, these people are putting the local residents families at Safety Risks, inconvenience, wreckless behavior period! Get Em outta here

My neighbor sold his house to a short term rental, mostly Airbnb, but sometimes Vrbo. I've called the police about 50 times on this place due to loud parties the past five years. The State needs to enact strict fines for violations since these city governments are corrupt. There's a lot of money involved here and code enforcement agencies can't be trusted to enforce these rules. The police don't care since their bosses are told by city officials to do the bare minimum.

There needs to be laws that are assigned to rental properties. I see similar issues near me. The property owners who rent out homes are only concerned about money and not about the neighborhood.

Isn’t just about the disturbing behavior of some tourist to the neighborhood with loud music, drugs using, slamming car doors etc. (that we understand for many that’s normal vacation behavior, but for the neighborhood it’s unsettling and creates a unsaved atmosphere ) but the worse issue is that they prefer to do those type of rentals instead of yearly bc they make tripple the cash and that business model has certainly shortages in housing for locals.

...but grandma is not charging a fee for over occupied bedroom, unlike Mr. rental owner.

Grandma has grandkids over for Christmas! You are kidding! That is totally the same as shoving 15 full grown adults with vehicles to match into a single home with a 2 car driveway 365 days a year

Decisions should be made as close to the affected communities as possible. He didn’t say the rentals couldn’t be curtailed, he just doesn’t want it decided at the state level. I agree with leaving it up to the communities instead of handing it to state legislatures.

Ban short term rentals in residential areas!!

But that 'grandma' isn't renting that room to her grandkids, so that example has no value.

The state does not have to regulate something that a city/town should have control over.

The governor was right to veto it. Leave it to the cities to decide who each city wants to handle this. No need to have state control of everything.

Why don’t you ask the Governor about the issue ?

DeSantis sided with the one who cut him a big fat check not the ones who voted for him.

It's all about responsibility... and no one seems to up to the task. Owners, renters, neighbors, local law enforcement, city and town governments, the state... they're all passing the buck. It's all about rights and freedom... but nothing about civil and social responsibility... and respect.

I sold out of Florida because my neighborhood turned into a mess due to short term rentals. It was horrible. Glad I left.

NO sympathy for the guy that owns rental properties. There should absolutely be different rules for family homes than rental or investment homes.

IT'S UP TO THE GRANDPARENTS HOW MANY KIDS SLEEP IN A ROOM NOT THE CITY. GRAND KIDS AREN'T SMOKING WEED & DRINKING ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT. BARROWCLOUGH NEEDS TO GET REAL

I can easily pick out home owners in my neighborhood who don't maintain their properties, set off fireworks, have parties, do things we may not agree with. There are two sides to every situation. And while there are plenty of good short term rental property owners, same as homeowners, there are plenty that are not good neighbors. Quick question. When someone agrees to rent the property, do they sign a contract? Are they agreeing to specific rules? What happens when said rules are not followed? What if a person renting decides not to leave, which set of rules do you want them to fall under? Apartment and homes have different eviction rules than a hotel.

Why isn't it a code violation to operate a commercial business in a residential area?

Anything under a one year lease should be held to hotel/motel standards AND post a security bond for law enforcement actions above the area normal. Quiet hours should be posted and enforced. These folks in this Gig economy took a gamble and I do not care one bit if they lose money on it. Be good neighbors or sell. They are not in a commercial district and should not be allowed.

What happened to zoning laws?

Kudos to Dessntis for keeping this issue local

Look I’m all for tourism and vacations but did this man just compare spring breakers to granchildern?

Something always smells like rotten fish when a proponent for businesses compares what they are doing to generate profits in an out of zone way with something that we all expect would be reasonable for GRANNY hosting FAMILY to be doing once or twice a year over the holidays. PS I grew up in Largo, leaving a sister there and one in Daytona Beach shores.

Florida seems like a nightmare in so many ways...

i agree with ron on this one. transferring it from the counties to the state should not be a thing. if you want something done, get with the program and go to the town hall meeting and give your leaders much needed earfuls or get a pair of earplugs. begging the state to do something is asking for trouble.

An AirB&B is like a Hotel, which has an occupancy requirement per room, so why shouldn't an AirB&B have the same requirement? They are basically in the same business.

The way people are now I don’t blame the home owners about the only ones that could afford to rent those homes are drugs dealers which brings in trash with the trash

Extended family members on holidays over in guest room(s) are definitely NOT the same as unvetted riff-raffs from online rentals. At least realtors do bona fide credit checks and take substantial security deposits. Airbnbs just take credit cards. Sure there are always liability insurance up to a certain amount, but it is just unwise to rent out short terms especially in today’s climate of illegal migrants and various squatters…….

The best regulatory laws are those closest to the issue being addressed. If the state wants to address this issue the best thing would be to pass a law that frees up local municipalities to regulate/restrict what goes on in their own neighborhoods. By delegating authority to each city/county the issue ends at the local level.

There is a huge world of difference between an actual owner and an absentee investor. Our legal system must be made to reflect this and heavily favor owner occupancy of single family homes over absentee and corporate investor ownership.

Government has no right to control what I do with my home….fight at local level

Those vacation rental properties have destroyed towns all over the US! I wish they would make them illegal all the way around!

Is it a coincidence that rise of airbnb has tracked perfectly with housing unaffordability (since 2016)?

I agree with the governor, this is a local issue, not a state issue. BTW, HOAs can pass restrictions on short-term rentals. Mine did and it's been for the better.

Why doesn't he do anything about car and home insurance

There need to be rules and laws, but they are better made on the local level. Some communities have different expectations and desires so a State level law on this is not a good thing. Let each community/city/county decide what is right for their citizens.

I used to work on 30A and it's an absolutely nightmare. Vacation ppl are just wild savages. You should see it on garbage day. Liquor bottles, beer bottles, rotten food spilling out into the streets. I live next to a condo complex that rents. We have had a steady stream of atl bangers. Their balcony is close to our apt's pool and its disgusting what we find in it.

Great Job Desantis! Stopping more government overreach! They were trying to add fees and then do inspections and cost the home owner more money. air bnb and other platforms pay the county for each rental. Pay federal taxes on gains. More in insurance for having guests. The quality of the rental has to be kept up because the "reviews" at the site. If a home has bad reviews - people won't rent it. Thank you Desantis for containing continuous government intervention

Single-family homes should not be for rent. There are commercial districts for that. A renter and a homeowner will never see eye to eye with each other, two totally different mindsets and it's a gray area for law enforcement. Plus, before you know it companies will own all the homes and the American dream of owning a home will be impossible. it will be for rent.

Counties can decide and vote on these things verses making a state law

Not just Florida. The problem is in every vacation destination. Even small rural mountain towns are trying to figure this out. First of all it can mushroom into a permanent population. (The renters may be rotating through but in aggregate its full time occupied.) This puts a full time load on resources that are not equipped to handle it. This became a huge issue for some cities during COVID restrictions. Some families left expensive urban rentals and moved to rural communities where the could work remote (good internet). Covid was so long they enrolled their kids in the rural schools which had a huge issue trying to absorb that demand. And since budgets were allocated based upon the last Census - there were no funds to handle the influx. Many of these towns passed AirBNB taxes. And many drafted ordinances like residential curfews so partying did not go on until wee hours. You want to respect the property rights of the owners but they must respect the rights of the neighbors.

As someone who lives beside a rental property I can say more rules are needed. The noise and garbage etc is too much sometimes

I agree their needs to be a fair resolution for both. However, gov't telling you what you can and cant do with your property or prevent someone from making a living isn't it. There are local ordinances in place to prevent noise and disorderly conduct. Why aren't these laws enforced. Also I think that all rental properties should have a registered contact number for complaints and there should be hefty fines for violations that can be passed down to the renters directly .

We use vacation rental homes, and we are in before dark, start the day after 0900, and keep to ourselves.

I think Mr. Barrowclough's participation in this discussion is significant. Folks may have disagreements on the regulation of short-term rental businesses (and they are businesses, not private homes), but that can be worked out between the impacted parties thru local and/or state government. Private Equity owned properties are an entirely different matter. Individual owners have an interest in maintaining the property and ensuring the long-term viability of their business. Private Equity does not.

There should be laws about turning a house into a rental. The owner should have to live in the house for 5 years before turning it into a rental. Also, there should be zones set up as to where rentals can be located. I despise living among renters. Most do not care about neighbors or laws.

Desantis ruined Florida.

Little ronnie desantis is the sorriest excuse for a governor I've ever seen.

My community has no rentals of any kind. The only rentals that are allowed are for those people who were renting prior to the recession of 2010. Otherwise, there's no long-term or short term rentals and that is hard and fast. Property owners only. It's really up to the local community/city/jurisdiction to decide what type of laws they're going to make for their particular needs. Having a blanket single law for an entire state is just stupid. Good on Governor DeSantis.

The town I live in does not allow short term rentals. However, they get away with it by telling the renters to say they are a relative of the owner. It's spring break and a bunch of kids have rented the house around the corner. It's late at night and they are blaring rap music. Fed up I called the police. The music stopped and minutes later someone screams F**k you. This is not what I want in my neighborhood.