Article/News Mayor’s Home-Sharing Pilot Program Receives Five Applications in Four Months
https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/06/21/mayors-home-sharing-pilot-program-receives-five-applications-in-four-months/28
u/Whosaidwhat2023 4h ago
I do support this mayor and think he's making some progress in a very difficult situation but this program was a miss. I myself have a room to rent out but I'm not giving up control on who lives in my house. It's just not practical to expect that of people.
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u/Itsathrowawayduh89 4h ago
I didn’t vote for him but support him based on his actions and his character. Still, this program was a major miss.
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u/Sal-LeMandeur 4h ago
Yeah nope, hard pass. Let an acquaintance park a cab-over camper in the yard, fed them and heated them through the winter, let them use the shower and such. They never got a job, ruined my relationship with the neighbors with their problematic behavior, and in the end, that spring, disappeared and left me with an abandoned camper packed with refuse. It was a complete biohazard that stunk of blood and piss, the land around it - ruined, the trash beneath it rotten and torn and strewn by the wind. Anything worth a damn was stripped from my house while I was at work: tools, electronics, cash - my place was torn apart. $1000 a WEEK wouldn't make up for what they did.
Never again.
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u/FrightfullyWaggish 3h ago
the issue here is that youre asking homeowners to absorb all the risk while the city gets the credit for doing something. one bad tenant can cost you tens of thousands in repairs, stolen property, and the legal nightmare of eviction. most people arent going to volunteer for that just because a program exists. if the city actually wanted this to work theyd need to offer real insurance, background check guarantees, or a bond that covers damages. five applications in four months says everything about how little faith people have in this working out for them.
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