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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Lincoln County's Harmful Blame Game
Description: Full Text: In a recent November special election, Lincoln County approved a ballot measure that imposes restrictions and bans on short-term rental housing, such as vacation rentals and Airbnbs.
In some areas of unincorporated Lincoln County, existing short-term rentals will be phased out over the next five years, and permits for new rentals will no longer be issued. The measure also reduces the occupancy limits of short-term rentals countywide, among other restrictions.
Fundamentally, the measure represents an infringement on the property rights of landowners in the county, who can no longer provide a valuable service...