With Memorial Day and the summer season on the horizon, Vineyard vacation rental agents are seeing an unfamiliar sight: availability in July and August.
Short-term rentals
2025
February 5, 2025
A disagreement over whether to allow new accessory dwelling units to be used for weekly rentals bubbled up this week.
January 9, 2025
Vineyard towns have started to wrap their arms around regulating the thousands of short-term rentals on the Island, tackling an issue that housing advocates have long said exacerbates the ongoing housing crisis.
January 3, 2025
The new regulations cement the process for homeowners to be able to make money by renting out their properties while the town attempts to deter commercial interests from hollowing out the year-round housing stock.
2024
October 3, 2024
The West Tisbury select board is considering putting the final touches on new short-term rental regulations passed at town meeting earlier this year.
May 17, 2024
The short-term rental committee was created after town meeting last month passed limits on vacation rentals. The town is the first on the Island to create a bylaw on the controversial properties.
