By Tim Perry | Red Rock News
During their priority retreat on Thursday, Dec. 14, the members of the Sedona City Council discussed their desire to encourage the development of diverse housing types and tiny homes, and also approved moving forward with more regulations on such development.
City housing manger Shannon Boone had previously updated the council on the progress of its housing initiatives. Boone noted that the city has been able to obtain deed restrictions prohibiting short-term rentals on nine properties out of the roughly 6,800 in the city, with another three deed restrictions in progress. The Rent Local program, which offers landlords a financial incentive to lease their properties as long-term rentals “has not been wildly successful,” Boone said, with a total of four units having been converted from STRs. The city’s down payment assistance program has also provided aid to four homebuyers, two of them during the current fiscal year.
