Voters in Michigan want to keep local control over short term rental properties. That’s one of the results of a statewide survey taken by the Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association about rental properties like Air BNB’s. The Associations’ John McNamara says respondents also oppose a house bill that would preempt local regulation of these rentals.
“There’s a bipartisan group of legislators who want to work to get a deal done and get this issue solved for Michigan, but we just believe it needs more time,” says McNamara. “We’re hoping to work over the summer to get to a place where we can strike that balance where people can still have short term rentals but there’s some parity on the tax and safety side.”
McNamara says 82% say that local governments in Michigan are better equipped to protect their neighborhoods from the negative impact of short term rentals that the state government.
