Executive Summary
Tulsa voters nearly doubled the city's lodging tax, from 5% to 9.9%, starting January 1, and it covers Airbnbs with five or more rooms. Clark County, Nevada ended the license lottery that left hundreds of applicants waiting since 2023, setting a 45-day review and a countywide cap of 1% of housing units. Nevada City, California voters capped whole-home STRs at 2% of homes, and permits there now end when the property is sold. Collier County, Florida raised its bed tax to 6%, while Fresno County voters rejected a new 12% lodging tax and Dunes City, Oregon voters turned down a ban on new STRs. Montgomery County, Maryland was set to vote November 10 on a bill that would stop Airbnb from booking unlicensed rentals in a county where 85% of STRs lack a license.
New Regulations
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tax / Ballot Measure · Published November 3, 2026
Tulsa voters approved raising the lodging tax from 5% to 9.9% on November 3, 61,524 to 46,762, the first increase since 1984, with the new rate starting January 1, 2027. The tax applies to properties with five or more rooms, including Airbnbs, and is expected to bring in $20.6 million a year for the BOK Center, Arvest Convention Center and tourism marketing.
→ Source: Tulsans approve hotel tax hike backed by business and tourism groups
Clark County, Nevada
Licensing / Caps · Published November 3, 2026
Clark County commissioners voted November 3 to end the short-term rental license lottery that has left hundreds of applicants waiting since 2023, set a 45-day review for applications and replace per-area caps with a countywide cap of 1% of housing units in unincorporated areas. The changes take effect in two weeks, with applications opening in December and processing starting in January, and homeowners previously fined by the county can still qualify for a license.
→ Source: Clark County approves proposal to speed up short-term rental licenses
Nevada City, California
Permitting / Caps / Ballot Measure · Published November 7, 2026
Nevada City voters approved Measure Q 723 to 484, replacing the city's registration rules with a permit system that caps whole-home rentals at 2% of the housing stock (1% for ADUs) and blocks new permits within 300 feet of another permitted property. Permits are tied to the owner and become invalid when the property is sold, and whole-home rentals need a contact person living within 15 miles who can be reached at all times.
→ Source: Nevada County Election results
Collier County, Florida
Tax / Ballot Measure · Published November 4, 2026
Collier County voters approved raising the tourist development tax from 5% to 6% with 70% support, starting January 1, 2027. The tax covers stays of six months or less, including vacation rentals, condos and single-family homes, and is expected to raise about $10 million a year, mostly for the Paradise Coast Sports Complex.
→ Source: Collier County tourist tax rising Jan. 1 for short-term stays
Westfield, Indiana
Permitting / Registration · Published November 10, 2026
Westfield's City Council approved an ordinance requiring a permit for each short-term rental, with a one-time $150 fee, free annual renewals and registration of owner details and where the property is advertised. The rules take effect January 1, 2027, bar uses such as housing sex offenders or running sober living homes, and let the city revoke permits for non-compliance.
→ Source: Westfield City Council approves ordinance to regulate short-term rental properties
Fresno County, California
Tax / Ballot Measure · Published November 6, 2026
Fresno County's Measure A, a proposed 12% lodging tax on hotels, Airbnbs and RV parks in unincorporated areas, is headed for defeat with more than 56% voting no, leaving the county without a transient occupancy tax. Nearby, Farmersville approved a new lodging tax with 53.8%, Madera County's increase from 9% to 11% led with about 51.4%, and Lemoore rejected an increase.
→ Source: Fresno County voters reject new hotel tax. Other places are split
Dunes City, Oregon
Licensing / Ballot Measure · Published November 5, 2026
Dunes City voters rejected Measure 20-386 with 56% voting no, so the town will not ban new short-term rentals. The measure would also have required existing rentals to have an on-site host, answer complaints within an hour and follow HOA rules at their next permit renewal.
→ Source: Measure to increase regulations on short-term rentals at coastal Oregon town fails
Eureka, California
Tax / Ballot Measure · Published November 4, 2026
Eureka voters approved Measure I with 67% of the vote, raising the transient occupancy tax from 10% to 12% on stays of 30 days or less, including short-term vacation rentals. The higher rate starts January 1, 2027 and is expected to bring in about $700,000 a year.
→ Source: Final Election Night Report
Gilroy, California
Tax / Ballot Measure · Published November 7, 2026
Gilroy's Measure B was passing with 65% in preliminary results, letting the city raise its transient occupancy tax on hotels, motels and short-term rentals from 9% to as much as 13%. The city plans to set the rate at 11% starting January 1, and any later increase would need a council vote and take effect 60 days afterward.
→ Source: Gilroy hotel tax increase will generate thousands of dollars
Geneva, New York
Tax · Published November 6, 2026
Geneva's City Council voted 8-0 on November 4 to apply the city's 3% occupancy tax to short-term rentals, the same rate hotels, motels and bed-and-breakfasts already pay. Platforms such as Airbnb would collect the tax, and city staff will bring back an implementation timeline in the coming months as Geneva also sets up its own STR registry.
→ Source: Short-term rentals to pay occupancy tax in city of Geneva
Conyers, Georgia
Zoning / Permitting · Published November 9, 2026
The Conyers City Council dropped two proposed ordinances on November 4 that would have set where short-term rentals could operate and created a permit and enforcement system for stays of 30 days or less. Council members also discussed an outright ban without approving it, and city officials said short-term rentals are not currently a permitted use under city zoning.
→ Source: Conyers drops proposed short-term rental ordinances
Developing Regulations
Montgomery County, Maryland
Licensing / Platform Compliance · Published November 4, 2026
Montgomery County Council was set to vote November 10 on Bill 42-26, which would bar platforms such as Airbnb from booking a short-term rental unless the host holds a county license, checked against a public county database. The county's inspector general found about 85% of local STRs are unlicensed, and sponsor Shebra Evans expects the rules to take effect in July 2027 if the bill passes.
→ Source: Halloween house party in Montgomery County brings focus back to short term rentals
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
Caps / Registration · Published November 10, 2026
Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Grier Hopkins proposed capping new short-term rentals each year at about 20% of new housing units built, which would have allowed about 50 new rentals last year in a borough with as many as 1,400. Legal operators would keep running and must register by July 1, 2027, and the ordinance goes to the Assembly November 12 before a 90-day Planning Commission review.
→ Source: Ordinance would streamline short term rentals, cap new ones
Columbia Falls, Montana
Permitting / Tax Enforcement · Published November 7, 2026
Columbia Falls proposed requiring a permit for every short-term rental starting in January 2027, at $400 initially, $250 a year to renew and $100 per extra unit, with monitoring software used to enforce its 3% resort tax. Owners behind on resort tax would lose their 2027 permits on June 1 unless they pay or set up a payment plan, and the council votes December 7.
→ Source: Columbia Falls Proposes Short-Term Rental Permits, Stricter Resort Tax Enforcement
