[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

The problem is that The Villages is spread across three different counties, there are multiple quasi-municipal governments within the community, each in charge, of their own districts. To compound the complexity, it's a deed-restricted community, with rules and regulations supposedly MUCH more strict than the towns and counties in which they are built. They still have to abide by the zoning laws of the counties. And that's really the only place where you can address the matter of short-term rentals for *existing* properties.

New properties in new neighborhoods that haven't had their deed restrictions written yet - can absolutely forbid short-term rentals. But it's the developer who writes these deed restrictions. And they don't care who lives in the house after they've been paid the purchase price from the original sale. It's not in their best financial interest to restrict who is and is not allowed to buy the homes they build.

Very correct, in my opinion.