When the Summit Alliance of Vacation Rental Managers put together its Welcome Workforce program, President Toby Babich said the document was meant to be a catalyst for getting the countywide conversation started about how short-term rental owners could be incentivized to convert their units into long-term housing for locals.
The document detailing suggestions — including monthly subsidies, property tax exemptions and complimentary nights of lodging — was shared with Summit County staff earlier this month, and during a Summit Board of County Commissioners work session meeting Tuesday, Aug. 24, elected officials and staff from the housing department had the chance to discuss their insights.
Summit County Housing Director Jason Dietz said the document should be thought of as a starting point and said it’s important for the county’s eventual program to have buy-in from key stakeholder groups like the Alliance of Vacation Rental Managers.
“As we’re developing and getting ready to unroll this program, I think that this is one piece of the much larger program that is targeting short-term rentals and having a good working relationship with (the alliance),” Dietz said. “I think that ideally, a public-private partnership will provide a lot of buy-in on the project from short-term rental owners to help with that conversion process.”
Dietz noted a few areas where the county and the alliance are approaching the housing shortage differently. For example, Dietz said the alliance’s Workforce Welcome program focuses more on property management companies that own units rather than individuals.
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