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Springfield City Council To Consider Regulations For Short-Term Room Rentals

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  Legislation has been proposed to regulate short-term room rentals in the largest city in western Massachusetts.

    A state law that took effect last year taxes rooms like those offered through Airbnb, requires operators to register, and to carry a minimum amount of insurance.  But it was left to municipalities to write their own regulations on the local level.

      Springfield City Councilor Jesse Lederman has introduced legislation to impose rules on the new industry.

   He spoke about his proposals with WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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