Please Send The Following Prewritten Email Today - Takes 1 Minute! (Or Write Your Own!)
There are two email versions below. One for STR owners and one for STR supporters.
Please remove the line “(Tell your personal story about why you share your home here)” in the email if you aren’t putting in your own personal story.
Feel free to write your own email, make changes to this one, or just simply send the one below. Personal stories are already great to include. Whatever is easiest for you! We just need emails sent.
Attending the following meetings is also important to help keep short term rentals legal in Austin.
Dec 8 - Planning Commission Meeting Information (RSVP):
Dec 10 - City Council Meeting Information (RSVP):
If you have additional time, please call your council representative (or all of them if possible). Click on their picture in the link below to find their phone information.
https://www.austintexas.gov/government
To: (emails are exactly as shown below)
steve.adler@austintexas.gov
ora.houston@austintexas.gov
delia.garza@austintexas.gov
sabino.renteria@austintexas.gov
gregorio.casar@austintexas.gov
ann.kitchen@austintexas.gov
don.zimmerman@austintexas.gov
leslie.pool@austintexas.gov
ellen.troxclair@austintexas.gov
kathie.tovo@austintexas.gov
sheri.gallo@austintexas.gov
bc-Stephen.Oliver@austintexas.gov
bc-Fayez.Kazi@austintexas.gov
bc-Tom.Nuckols@austintexas.gov
bc-James.Schissler@austintexas.gov
bc-Patricia.Seeger@austintexas.gov
bc-James.Shieh@austintexas.gov
bc-Jean.Stevens@austintexas.gov
bc-Jeffrey.Thompson@austintexas.gov
bc-Jose.Vela@austintexas.gov
bc-Trinity.White@austintexas.gov
bc-Michael.Wilson@austintexas.gov
bc-nuria.zaragoza@austintexas.gov
For STR Owners
Hello,
I am writing in regard to the Short Term Rental proposal that is under consideration by the City Council.
As a voting citizen of Austin, I want to see the Council say YES to better enforcement and to say NO to more unenforceable Rules.
Here’s why:
As an STR owner, I have been very disappointed in the ongoing lack of enforcement of code and license violations since the current STR ordinance was enacted.
(Tell your personal story about why you share your home here)
I am proud of what I do. We serve families, grandparents visiting grandkids, educators, business travelers, prospective residents, performers and also local residents with emergency needs with a clean, comfortable home away from home. All guests are screened and I do not rent to party groups.
I am not an absentee owner. My property is well maintained and my service is well regarded—the proof is in the reviews that are posted online. I should also mention that I get along well with my neighbors and they enjoy meeting the people who stay at my property.
STR owners need to be heard, too.
Specifically, please do not allow the city to revoke an STR license for any reason.
Please ensure the language on occupancy limits is written per unit and NOT per site. As written, any lot with multiple units is only allowed 6 people total. This bans all existing duplexes or two homes on the same property.
Please ensure that code inspectors are not allowed to enter my property without my permission. Random inspections for STRs are a violation of privacy. STRs are homes that we live in, not businesses we leave at the end of the day.
Please do not ban upstanding short term rental owners through arbitrary distance requirements or end dates for certain licenses. Better enforcement takes care of problem properties and doesn’t take away the rights of good actors.
Say YES to better enforcement and say NO to more unenforceable rules!
Thank you for your consideration and thank you for listening.
Respectfully yours,
For STR Supporters
Hello,
I am writing in regard to the Short Term Rental proposal that is under consideration by the City Council.
I want to see the Council say YES to better enforcement and to say NO to more unenforceable Rules.
Here’s why:
As an STR supporter, I have been very disappointed in the ongoing lack of enforcement of code and license violations since the current STR ordinance was enacted.
Short term rentals serve families, grandparents visiting grandkids, educators, business travelers, prospective residents, performers and also local residents with emergency needs with a clean, comfortable home away from home.
STR supporters need to be heard, too.
Specifically, please do not allow the city to revoke an STR license for any reason.
Please ensure the language on occupancy limits is written per unit and NOT per site. As written, any lot with multiple units is only allowed 6 people total. This bans all existing duplexes or two homes on the same property.
Please ensure that code inspectors are not allowed to enter properties without the owners permission. Random inspections for STRs are a violation of owner and guest privacy.
Please do not ban upstanding short term rental owners through arbitrary distance requirements or end dates for certain licenses. Better enforcement takes care of problem properties and doesn’t take away the rights of good actors.
Say YES to better enforcement and say NO to more unenforceable rules!
Thank you for your consideration and thank you for listening.
Respectfully yours,