Willamette Week – Portland Proposes Huge Fines for Scofflaw Short-Term Rental Hosts

November 15, 2016
More than two years after Portland became the first city in the country to pass rules to make short-term rentals legal, the city is now proposing new and more stringent enforcement. The Bureau of Development Services is seeking to end the city’s 30-day grace period that allows owners time to get proper permits if they’ve failed to do so. The proposed fines come after months of reporting by WW showing that Portland’s rules were treated like a joke by Airbnb clients. City enforcement has been so lax that even an Airbnb manager had an illegal listing….
Source: http://www.wweek.com/news/2016/11/15/portland-proposes-huge-fines-for-scofflaw-short-term-rental-hosts/