Idaho short-term rental bill runs counter to Trump’s housing policy | Opinion

President Donald Trump recently proclaimed that “we want homes for people, not for corporations.” He wants to “stop Wall Street from treating America’s neighborhoods like a trading floor” and “promote sales to individual owner-occupants.” Yet Idaho now faces a decision that runs directly counter to those goals.

The Idaho Legislature has passed HB 583, a sweeping short-term rental bill that now sits on Gov. Brad Little’s desk. If signed into law, the measure would further restrict local oversight of vacation rentals and make it easier for large investors and commercial operators to convert Idaho homes into short-term rentals. At a time when leaders across the country are trying to expand homeownership opportunities, HB 583 risks pushing Idaho in the opposite direction.

Read the full article from Idaho Statesman here