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in the resort city, a move that critics say will make it harder for year-long residents struggling to find affordable housing.Instead of the spacing requirement, there will be a hard cap of 900 vacation rentals in residential areas come April 23.
Bankrupt Saks Global rescues 3 stores from the chopping block in last-minute reversalNow a flood of “mushroom homes” — compact, multi-level houses that eke out extra square footage but stay empty most of the year — is expected.Opponents to removing the buffer, such as Councilmember Scott Robbins, predicted the supply of housing will become more limited and therefore drive up housing costs for locals. “Families have fled Tahoe to be replaced by retirees and second-home owners who don’t live here,” Robbins said. “The result is a reduction in workforce, a reduction in businesses that serve local needs instead of tourist needs, and a catastrophic decline in school funding.” Already, there is a rush by companies to pressure homeowners to convert their properties to vacation rentals or they risk getting “permitted out,” Mayor Cody Bass said,. There were 1,173 people waiting as of January. More than 7,000 of the city’s 16,700 housing units remain vacant and are primarily for short-term use, Council members who voted in favor of removing the buffer said the city’s economy will benefit and that even under the buffer requirement, permit numbers didn’t reach as high as anticipated anyway. “Emotionally, I see this program as a way to bring more visitors into my neighborhood,” said member Heather Horgan at a council meeting. To add salt to the wound, the council also panned a proposal by Robbins to put restrictions on “second homes,” where future buyers would need a permit to use the housing as a vacation home. He wanted to cap vacation homes to around 30% of the housing stock. Now, residents are left to continue dealing with rising rental and home prices that only intensified during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. According to Zillow, the“Almost all of the friends I have here live in houses with many, many people. And that’s just kind of how it works to live in Tahoe,” South Lake Tahoe resident Sophia Lodiagani told the Chronicle.Distressing video reveals how wheelchair-bound Universal Studios guest was killed by rollercoasterPentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran — as Trump warned regime to ‘get serious’ about peace deal: reportTaylor Frankie Paul returns to Instagram following ‘Bachelorette’ cancellation, domestic violence investigationSee All ColumnistsStream It Or Skip It: 'Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole' On Netflix, Where A Troubled Detective Tracks Down A Serial Killer Who Is Terrorizing Oslo
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