Municipalities are moving to rein in short-term rentals, so proposed law would set the guidelines, including up to $250 a year to be a 'registered host.'
The police chief said nearly all of the city's properties up for grabs on home-sharing platforms present no issues at all, but there's always a couple outliers.
Guidance from the state had indicated short-term, owner-directed Shore home rentals would have to charge sales and occupancy taxes. That is being changed.
Tourism industry employees and observers at the Jersey Shore are keeping a close eye on the rising popularity of online home-sharing services such as Airbnb, which currently don't adhere to the same sales and lodging taxes as hotels and motels.
Home-sharing rentals may be taxed in New Jersey beginning next year, under a bill with the blessing of Airbnb that took another step through the Legislature.