By Brenda Muñoz Murguia, Sam Kmack | Arizona Republic
Cities across the Valley are imposing new regulations on short-term rentals, which local leaders have blamed for diminishing housing affordability and noisy parties in quiet residential neighborhoods.
The Airbnb-style rentals were prohibited in many Arizona cities before 2016. But that year, state legislators passed a law preventing local governments from regulating short-term rentals, and their number skyrocketed.
They now make up as much as a third of “vacant” homes in Scottsdale, according to a recent study on that city’s tight housing market.
In late October, a short-term rental in Tempe was the scene of a party with more than 100 attendees that ended in gunfire. In September, there was a shooting at an Airbnb in Scottsdale. Leaders in Paradise Valley have also expressed concern about short-term rental “party houses” disrupting the community.
