I too support warrant articles that will apply the revenue from taxing short-term rentals to the problem of affordable year-round housing.

I agree that the tax on short-term rentals may help discourage absentee investors in the Vineyard rental market. But to encourage landlords to be responsible to the year-round community, I would go further.

I suggest that at least some of this tax revenue be used as a positive incentive by reducing the tax charged to properties that are rented year-round; that some of this tax be used to provide more affordable housing, assisted living and long term care for our growing elderly community; and that those households that provide short-term housing via such agencies as Airbnb must have the owner living on site during rental periods and be subjected to building,fire, health and septic inspections as licensed hotels and lodging facilities are each year.

Frederick Rundlet

Vineyard Haven