UnfairbnbSantaFe opposes the loss of Santa Fe housing to Investors.
UnfairbnbSantaFe opposes the negative impact of Investor, Non-Owner Occupied Short-term Rentals on local workers, neighborhoods and traditional historic communities.
UnfairbnbSantaFe supports Owner-Occupied Short-term Rentals that includes casitas and guesthouses.
UPDATE: Santa Fe County had a Public Hearing on Short-term Rentals at 5pm on January 9, 2024. The County Commissioners voted to allow 2 investor, non-owner-occupied short-term rentals per person or entity instead of a ban that would keep housing for permanent residents and our workforce. Details that will include the ordinance to come.
— PRESERVE —
Affordable Housing
Workforce Housing
Neighborhoods
Traditional Historic Communities
— NOBODY WANTS —
A Hotel Moving in Next Door.
Residential Properties converted to Commercial without Community Input.
— WE ALL SUPPORT —
Affordable Homes for Locals.
Multiple Solutions to Ending Housing Challenges.
Opportunities to Rent or Purchase a First Home.
> Short-term Rentals, typically vacation rentals, are 30 days or less.
> Investor Short-term Rentals contribute to Santa Fe's housing challenges.
Santa Fe County will soon vote on a revision of their Short-Term Rental (STR) Ordinance. We hope the County will choose to permit only “Owner Occupied” short-term rentals by adopting a Primary Residence Requirement. We support grandfathering in all currently permitted STRs with a non-transferable clause.
Adopting a primary resident requirement allows the County to support local residents by curbing the negative effects of investor, "Non-Owner Occupied" short-term rentals that:
Take long-term rentals off the market
Disrupt neighbors and neighborhoods
Raise rents for working individuals and families
Drive up homeowner purchase prices
Displace families and working people
Support tourist vacation rentals over workforce housing
Santa Fe County Ordinance Definitions:
WHAT IS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL (STR)?
“Short-term rental” or “STR” means a Dwelling or portion thereof that is rented for periods of less than thirty (30) consecutive days.
WHAT IS A STR PRIMARY RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT?
“Primary Residence” means the Dwelling in which the Owner resides for a cumulative minimum 275 days during a 12-month period. Primary residence is demonstrated by showing that, as of the application date for registration of the Dwelling as a Short term Rental, the Owner has resided in the Dwelling for 275 days during the past 12 months, or that the Owner intends to reside in the Dwelling for 275 days of the next 12 months.
WHAT IS AN OWNER-OCCUPIED STR?
“Owner-Occupied” is a Dwelling that is the Owner’s primary residence or an ADU [Accessory Dwelling Unit, e.g. guesthouse] that is located on the same legal lot of record as the Owner’s primary residence.
WHAT IS A NON-OWNER OCCUPIED STR?
“Non-Owner Occupied” means a Dwelling that is not Owner-Occupied.
Nationwide, popular destination communities such as ours have included a Primary Residence Requirement in their ordinance because it offers the homeowner an opportunity to short-term rent but limits the Short-term Rental Investment Industry from continuing to purchase multiple homes for STR profit that removes long-term rentals and the dream of home ownership.
Below are some of the many locations that have adopted a Short-term Rental PRIMARY RESIDENCE requirement because of affordable and workforce housing challenges and negative neighborhood impact:
Bozeman, MT • Boulder, CO • Denver • San Rafael, CA • Charleston, SC • New Orleans • Savannah, GA • Chicago • New York City • San Antonio • Honolulu • Asheville, NC • Austin, TX • Nashville • Williamsburg, VA • Washington, DC • Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA • Fort Worth, TX • Miami Beach, FL • Santa Monica, CA • Sunnyvale, CA • Richmond, VA • Miami, FL • Portland, OR • Boston, MA • San Francisco • Los Angeles • Cambridge, MA — and many more.
The Short-term Rental investment industry acquires multiple homes to STR for profit. This practice puts home ownership into fewer and fewer hands. Worldwide, this has resulted in limiting affordable places to live in popular destination areas. This profit incentive has disrupting neighborhoods and the ability for people to own and long-term rent.
California STR Bans (from unfairbnb.net, 2017) — Anaheim, Belvedere, Carmel, Danville, Del Mar, Hermosa Beach, Huntington Beach, Larkspur, Manhattan Beach, Ojai, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, San Juan Capistrano, Sausalito, Tiburon, West Hollywood.
California STR Partial/Varied Bans (from unfairbnb.net, 2017) — Buellton: Banned in residential zones; Carlsbad: Banned outside coastal zone; Costa Mesa: Treated as Hotels; Laguna Beach: Allowed in commercial zones only; Newport Beach: Banned in R-1 zones; San Clemente: Allowed in commercial zones only; San Francisco: Non hosted STR's banned; Santa Barbara: Banned in R-1 zones; Santa Monica: Ban on whole house STR's.