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In this week’s podcast: Is the City of Bend getting all the taxes it’s due from short-term rental properties? Plus, the never-ending saga around dredging Mirror Pond…
Data from market research firm AirDNA reveals that the City of Bend may not be getting all the tax dollars it’s entitled to from vacation rental operators. AirDNA listed 1,411 active rentals on Airbnb or VRBO within Bend city limits as of last month. Eighty-five percent, or 1,200, are reported as whole-house rentals. City of […]
Bend Hospital Expands After Years of Overcrowding St. Charles opens a new wing to address crowding issue It was just another Tuesday at work for nurse Monica Schulz, and the stakes couldn’t have been higher. “We’ve got a lot of sad situations going on right now, with a lot of people leaving this world to another […]
Bend residents concerned about Airbnb’s effect on the local housing supply and economy should pay close attention to what’s currently happening in San Francisco. In response to a new rule there that would fine Airbnb $1,000 per day for every unregistered listing in the City, the home-sharing behemoth is suing its hometown. The company contends […]
“That’s a vacation rental,” Stephen Junkins says, pointing to a modest but well-maintained mill house as he rides his bike slowly through the River West neighborhood where he lives. “And that’s a vacation rental,” he adds, gesturing toward another house across the street. He also points out owner-occupied homes, and those with long-term renters, and […]
In its last work session of the year, City Council received the results of an audit of vacation rentals—and the results were better than anticipated. The audit had been sparked by a perception that rentals of private homes through sites like AirBnB were not largely ducking out on the transient room tax code, explained City […]
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