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Western NC town comes for residential property rights
NC courts have never allowed amortization for low-intensity uses in residential zones. Highlands would be pushing the boundaries.
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5 NC cities among best places in US for renters
In a new report conducted by the rental company RentCafe, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington, and Durham rank among the best places in the county for renters to live based on factors including the cost of living, the local economy, and quality of life.
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Appeals Court rejects Wilmington’s short-term rental registrations, upholds rest of ordinance
The N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower-court ruling blocking Wilmington from using a registration scheme to limit ownership of short-term rental properties. But the unanimous three-judge panel has restored part of the ordinance struck down in the original court order. Despite a mixed ruling for short-term rental property owners and the city, an...
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Raleigh’s ban on some short-term rentals could violate state law
Earlier this month, Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law The Vacation Rental Act, Senate Bill 483. The legislation restricts local governments such as Raleigh’s to regulate short-term rentals. In May, Raleigh passed such an ordinance. It requires homeowners to be on the property throughout a guest’s stay and prohibits them from renting their entire home...
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Raleigh City Council moves on some short-term rentals; stalls on whole-house rentals
The Raleigh City Council Healthy Neighborhoods committee approved a draft ordinance for regulating short-term rentals, but it failed to find a consensus on what to do about whole-house rentals in the city. Short-term rentals, like Airbnb, are technically illegal in Raleigh, but the city hasn’t enforced the ban while regulations are in the works. City...
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As Asheville sues to collect Airbnb fines, Raleigh considers following suit
An Asheville man has incurred $850,000 in fines because of rentals he operates in the city. Raleigh may be thinking about imposing the same types of fines against its residents who offer short-term property rentals under Airbnb or other outlets. The Citizen-Times reports Reid Thompson has flouted Asheville’s short-term rental ban. Despite the growing fines,...
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Share Raleigh aims to hold City Council candidates accountable
The debate over short-term rentals in Raleigh has continued for a couple of years without a clear solution. Brent Woodcox is special counsel to the General Assembly and former co-chair of the city’s short-term rental task force. He created Share Raleigh, a political action committee focusing on the debate over short-term rentals. Woodcox sat down...
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Short-term rentals get a new ally in Share Raleigh
Brent Woodcox, former co-chair of the short term rental task force, has launched a political action committee, called Share Raleigh, to educate people about the debate over short-term rentals, such as Airbnbs. While short-term rentals are technically illegal in Raleigh, city officials have failed to enforce the ban while the debate over legalizing and regulating...
