Short-Term Rentals

Whether facing an enforcement action, challenging an unlawful ordinance, responding to threatened litigation, or working with policymakers on new legislation, we provide practical, strategic counsel designed to protect our clients’ businesses and long-term investments.

How We Help

Our multidisciplinary team focuses on the disputes, regulatory challenges, and government actions that most directly affect short-term rental businesses:

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Our litigators represent clients in the disputes that matter most to short-term rental businesses, including:

• Municipal code enforcement, fines, and license revocations
• Constitutional, statutory, and administrative challenges to government action
• Zoning, land use, permitting, and nonconforming-use disputes
• Property rights, easements, title, and restrictive covenants
• Homeowners’ association and condominium disputes
• Property management disputes

Government Solutions & Regulatory Strategy

Short-term rental regulation is often shaped as much by political and policy considerations as by traditional legal analysis. Our attorneys help clients engage constructively with government decision makers and respond strategically to proposed or enacted regulations.

Our work includes:

• Monitoring state and local legislative and regulatory developments
• Advising on proposed ordinances, administrative rules, and enforcement policies
• Representing clients before city councils, county commissions, agencies, and other public bodies
• Developing regulatory, legislative, and public-policy strategies
• Preparing testimony, comments, and advocacy materials
• Building industry coalitions and coordinating responses to proposed regulation
• Evaluating ballot measures, taxation proposals, and other government initiatives
• Helping clients enter or expand into jurisdictions with evolving regulatory frameworks

Land Use & Regulatory Compliance

• Local permitting and licensing
• Zoning and land use regulations
• Transferability and renewal of permits
• Regulatory strategy and advocacy

Business Support

Our multidisciplinary team also advises on the business issues that accompany growth, investment, and operations, including real estate transactions, financing, tax, employment, data privacy, intellectual property, and commercial agreements.

Industry Knowledge Beyond Legal Advice

Our attorneys actively work with businesses serving the hospitality and lodging industries and stay current on the rapidly changing regulatory environment affecting short-term rentals. We understand that the practical realities of operating in an industry where local rules may change quickly, enforcement can be inconsistent, and government action may materially affect property values and established business models.

Whether a client is facing an enforcement action, challenging a new restriction, responding to proposed legislation, entering a new market, or resolving a business dispute, we provide practical advice aligned with the client’s broader objectives.

Why Tonkon Torp

Short-term rental issues rarely fit neatly into a single practice area. They involve litigation, real estate, land use, government relations, tax, employment, intellectual property, and business law.

Tonkon Torp brings those disciplines together to provide coordinated, strategic representation. Whether defending against government enforcement, challenging burdensome regulations, shaping public policy, or resolving complex commercial disputes, we help clients protect their investments, preserve their rights, and position their businesses for long-term success.