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Originally Posted by tophcfa
That would be great, but it’s not happening for two obvious reasons.
1) Making short term rentals less attractive would have a negative impact on the demand for new home sales.
2) A certain entity, that benefits greatly from new home sales, has a very heavy hand when it comes to local government.
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Originally Posted by shut the front door
Bingo. If it doesn't make $$ for the developer, it ain't happening.
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The Developer may control the local elected officials, but not the voters.
I'm sure there are plenty of folks in The Villages who have experience with Voter Initiatives.
Curbing STR's & generating tax revenue from the ones that remain, seems like it would be a fairly easy sell to John Q. Public.