So - presently, there's nothing stopping some incredibly wealthy person, or developer, from buying an entire block of a neighborhood's homes. And then, renting them out for a 3-day minimum, 10-day maximum, and calling it a resort area within the community. You could easily have transients take over the entire neighborhood, and there'd be nothing you could do about it, because - there's no rule saying someone can't, and there are rules saying that they can.
Because of the advent of internet-based rentals, which didn't exist when The Villages was first created, I think new zoning laws need to be implemented to preserve the integrity of a neighborhood's function. And that is - to be strictly a residential community, and not a short term rental resort community.
New deed restrictions on new construction could be implemented to restrict short-term rentals to a 10-day MINIMUM stay, with leases required, no sub-leases allowed, and the property must be overseen by a property management company when the owners aren't occupying the property.
These new restrictions could even be made to new ownership, rather than new construction. If you buy a home starting next Thursday, these rules apply to you. Whether it's a new home or pre-owned home. People think that deed restrictions can't be changed. They can. It's very difficult and involves a lot of paperwork and hoop-jumping, but they can absolutely be changed. It's also more likely to be changeable when it's imposed only on new construction, or new ownership, because current homeowners are less likely to object to what new owners must/must not do after the current owners have relinquished their property to someone else.
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