Somerville Seeks to Regulate Airbnb and other short-term rentals
Channel: Boston University News Service
Date: 2017-11-05

By: Zhuron Du, Yating Zhang, Zimei Zhu
Oct. 31, 2017
SOMERVILLE, Mass.—Like many cities in the area, Somerville has been facing a housing crisis in recent years. Housing prices are rising to the point where working-class families cannot afford to pay their rent. Short-term rentals like Airbnb may be partially to blame. 

Matt McLaughlin, a Somerville Alderman representing Ward 1, is drafting an ordinance, or law, to regulate short-term rentals.