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Southold threatens to limit Airbnbs thanks to insufferable influencers
New York Post • • business
Key Points:
- The Town of Southold on Long Island’s North Fork is proposing to limit short-term rentals to just 1% of homes, reducing the current market by about 80% to fewer than 120 permits across nine hamlets.
- The new law would allocate permits via a random lottery, require safety inspections, liability insurance, and impose restrictions such as banning homes with cesspools and limiting one permit per owner.
- The crackdown responds to resident complaints about noise, trash, parking issues, and the strain short-term rentals place on the local housing supply amid an affordability crisis.
- Despite a ban on rentals shorter than 14 days since 2015, enforcement has been ineffective, prompting this stricter proposal to better regulate the booming short-term rental market generating $27.5 million in host revenue.
- Southold’s move follows similar actions in nearby Southampton, where weekend short-term rentals will be banned starting August 2025 due to community concerns over disruptive partygoers.
