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Amid housing crises vacation towns limit short-term rentals

CORRECTS YEAR AND UPDATES RENT AMOUNT - Susana Rivera prepares food in her apartment, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Rivera tried living in the nearby town of Craig as a cheaper alternative. Every morning, she would drop her youngest child off at a friend’s house before driving 45 minutes to her supermarket job in Steamboat Springs. In 2014, she left the grueling routine behind after getting off the waitlist for an $800-a-month, two-bedroom apartment in a government-run affordable housing development. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Houses dot a hillside in Steamboat Springs, Colo., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Steamboat Springs. The city council passed a rule in June that could prove to be a model for other vacation towns: A ban on new short-term rentals in most of the city and a ballot measure to tax bookings at 9% to fund affordable housing. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Sean Bailey stands outside the mobile home where he rents a room, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Bailey, who moved to Steamboat Springs in 2019, has been on a waitlist for three years to get one of Steamboat's affordable housing apartments. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Heather Sloop, a Steamboat Springs City Council member, poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Steamboat Springs, Colo. The city council passed a rule in June that could prove to be a model for other vacation towns: A ban on new short-term rentals in most of the city and a ballot measure to tax bookings at 9% to fund affordable housing. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Robin Craigen, vice president of the Steamboat Springs Community Preservation Alliance and a co-founder of a property management company, works in his office, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Craigen opposes the city's attempts to curb short-term rentals, saying he worries the moves will blunt any competitive edge Steamboat might have over other Rockies resorts. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

A motorist passes through a hillside community, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Steamboat Springs, Colo. The city council passed a rule in June that could prove to be a model for other vacation towns: A ban on new short-term rentals in most of the city and a ballot measure to tax bookings at 9% to fund affordable housing. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Susana Rivera prepares food in her apartment, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Rivera tried living in the nearby town of Craig as a cheaper alternative. Every morning, she would drop her youngest child off at a friend's house before driving 45 minutes to her supermarket job in Steamboat Springs, stocking bananas and potatoes through arthritis pain. In 2019, she left the grueling routine behind after getting off the waitlist for an $850-a-month, two-bedroom apartment in a government-run affordable housing development. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Houses dot the landscape at Colorado's Steamboat Ski Resort, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Steamboat Springs, Colo. The city council passed a rule in June that could prove to be a model for other vacation towns: A ban on new short-term rentals in most of the city and a ballot measure to tax bookings at 9% to fund affordable housing. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Sean Bailey sits in his bedroom, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Bailey, who moved to Steamboat Springs in 2019, has been on a waitlist for three years to get one of Steamboat's affordable housing apartments. He says the 12-foot-by-12-foot space serves as his living room, dining room, den and office. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Amid housing crises vacation towns limit short-term rentals