Critics believe that the regulatory tweaks would further limit so-called STRs here.
We doubt the folks at R Street, a free-market think tank that's produced a report called "Roomscore 2016: Short-Term Rental Regulation in U.S. Cities, " would cheer such possible alterations.
After all, the analysis, on view below in its entirety, already lists Denver among the ten worst cities in the country for short-term rentals.
Here's the methodology used by R Street in its report:
1. Does the city have a tailored legal framework for short-term-rental regulation?Tallies in these five areas have been combined into a letter-grade score. For instance, Colorado Springs wound up with a B, while Boulder earned a D+.
2. What, if any, legal restrictions are in place to curb short-term rentals?
3. What tax-collection obligations are placed on STR services?
4. How burdensome and expensive is the city’s licensing regime for short-term rentals?
5. How hostile is the city’s enforcement regime for short-term rentals, including restrictions that don’t fit neatly into the prior categories?
In addition, ten cities got an F — and Denver is one of them.
See the photo-illustrated list of the ten worst-performing cities, featuring R Street data. That's followed by the aforementioned report, which can also be accessed by clicking here.
Atlanta
FRAMEWORK: 0
RESTRICTIONS: -40
TAXATION: 0
LICENSING: 0
ENFORCEMENT: 0
TOTAL: 50
GRADE: F
Fort Worth
FRAMEWORK: 0
RESTRICTIONS: -30
TAXATION: 0
LICENSING: -2
ENFORCEMENT: 0
TOTAL: 58
GRADE: F
Fresno, Calif.
FRAMEWORK: 0
RESTRICTIONS: -35
TAXATION: 0
LICENSING: 0
ENFORCEMENT: -1
TOTAL: 54
GRADE: F
Jacksonville, Fla.
FRAMEWORK: 0
RESTRICTIONS: -35
TAXATION: 0
LICENSING: 0
ENFORCEMENT: 0
TOTAL: 55
GRADE: F
Kansas City, Mo.
FRAMEWORK: 0
RESTRICTIONS: -35
TAXATION: 0
LICENSING: 0
ENFORCEMENT: 0
TOTAL: 55
GRADE: F
Continue to keep counting down the ten worst cities for short-term rentals and Airbnb.
Los Angeles
FRAMEWORK: 0
RESTRICTIONS: -35
TAXATION: 0
LICENSING: 0
ENFORCEMENT: 0
TOTAL: 55
GRADE: F
New Orleans
FRAMEWORK: 0
RESTRICTIONS: -35
TAXATION: 0
LICENSING: 0
ENFORCEMENT: 0
TOTAL: 55
GRADE: F
Oklahoma City
FRAMEWORK: 0
RESTRICTIONS: -40
TAXATION: 0
LICENSING: 0
ENFORCEMENT: 0
TOTAL: 50
GRADE: F
Santa Barbara, Calif.
FRAMEWORK: 0
RESTRICTIONS: -35
TAXATION: 0
LICENSING: 0
ENFORCEMENT: 0
TOTAL: 55
GRADE: F
Denver
FRAMEWORK: 0
RESTRICTIONS: -40
TAXATION: 0
LICENSING: 0
ENFORCEMENT: 0
TOTAL: 50
GRADE: F
ROOMSCORE 2016: SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATION IN U.S. CITIES
