Sedona -Sedona, Arizona, has declared an emergency due to a shortage of housing, and has stated that the resolution passed by the city council has worsened due to short -term rental (STR).

Sedona, except for special situations such as safety and health law, one of the citys and towns that residents say that ABC15 is concerned about these property after the 2016 state law banned regional regulations. is.

ABC15 is listening and looks closely at the situation of Sedona. It shows that a house with a city data of less than one -fifth is used for short -term rentals. Some residents not only hurt the community, but also set prices for workers and families.

“There are no neighbors. There is no activity. Ann Kelley, the owner of Sedona, is an empty house that is just waiting for the next tourist group to come.

When Kelly buys her house, she says that it is in a residential area where housing owners prohibit renting their property for less than 30 days.

“I live in a time share now,” Kelly said.

The situation has changed since 2016, when Arizona became one of the few states that pass laws that prohibit the regulations of STR by city and town. The Senate bill 1350 has illegally prohibited that the owner of Real Estate, Arizona, or the county, to ban real estate as a short -term rental. It was enforced in 2017.

“Every house around us on the market has been a short -term rental,” Kelly said. “The house is a short -term rental. The house is a short -term rental.”

In 2024, 16 % of Sedona’s entire housing stock was STR. It increased 2 % in one year, and vacation rentals currently account for 18 % of housing stocks.

The city tracked the data through permission. This also indicates that 66 % of STR owners do not live in Sedona.

Rental is a part of 3 million tourists in Sedona, visiting cities like a picture of less than 10,000 people each year.

Kelly says that she has been manually counted permission on a popular street through the efforts of a nearby group Sedona. In some areas, the number of STRs is approaching even 40 %.

“I believe in property rights. How is my property right?” Kelly said. “You are worried about 20 % and ignore 80 %. I have the right to live in the neighborhood with friends and community, and you are taking it.”

With the increase in the STR, the city council urged the city council last month to declare a resolution to declare an emergency of a shortage of housing due to short -term rentals.

“We are informing the state that the state, the state of the state, has a problem,” said Mayor Scott Yaburo.

Mayor JABLOW has pointed out that the city has 3,000 hotels already and the number of hotels under development is increasing. He wants 1,200 STRs to return to the housing stock.

“First of all, I need a cap. I personally have a 5 % cap,” said Mayor JABLOW. “Please provide the same tool as other states nationwide.”

The mayor says that STR owners can guarantee that they do not need to sell or change their status, but he hopes that these real estate will eventually sell long -term houses on the line. I am.

According to the mayor of JABLOW, the biggest problem is that investors outside the state are flocking in the area, so that the cost of property cannot be raised and families and workers cannot compete for houses.

“We have no critical workers in the hospital,” he said. “It’s everyone’s price.”

According to Sedona’s leadership, students and teachers are also given.

Amy Frurz, an executive director of Sedona Charter School, states: “There is one staff who has an RV and lives in the RV park.”

From charter to public schools, leaders say that a shortage of housing not only hinders and maintains teachers, but does not only hinder teachers. However, registration has been deleted.

“There was a time when the number of students was probably about 20 % higher than now,” said Tom Swaninger in the Sedona Oak Creek Unification School District. “Because the family is moving, that means that there are few students in the school system. In other words, funding to the school system is reduced.”

The emergency declaration of the shortage of housing was unanimously passed by the city council, but not everyone agree with it.

“I can hear this alarm. This significant increase can be seen, but not accurate,” said Cameron Wylde, the owner of Vacation rental of Wylde.

Through his real estate management company, Wylde operates 40 vacation rental properties around Sedona, all listed in Airbnb and VRBO. He defended the industry in front of the city council before the resolution.

“They are families far exceeding the central value of Sedona’s housing prices, and now exceeds $ 1 million. So the houses we manage are really a labor force. I believe, “Wylde told ABC15.

He also pointed out the significant economic impact of STR in cities, such as Sedona, which historically based on sightseeing.

“We not only bring tens of millions of dollars a year, but also provide tens of millions of dollars,” says WyLDE. “There is only one company that manages 40 rentals, and there are about 1,200 rentals here.”

WyLDE believes that Sedona has a limited space and is driven by the fact that it is surrounded by national forests.

He adds that many houses sitting empty when the second house comes to the STR market is empty. They say they never used the workers from the beginning while they were increasing the number of STR permissions.

“There is no labor forces here. The labor housing should have been constructed 20 or 30 years ago, which was much more affordable,” said WyLDE.

In the next few years, after the city has purchased three special lands for affordable housing, up to 180 units will be online. One project developers will enter this spring.

It is one effort to bring back workers like Alex Redden.

“There is not much room for people living here to live here,” she said.

She is a resident of the area for a lifetime and works in the center of Sedona, but Redden chooses to commute from the flag staff’s apartment for 45 minutes.

“I don’t want to have a small room, financially space, and not to be sacrificed that I’m not tied up in cash,” Redden said.

At the moment, her living expenses in their hometown are still out of reach.

State council members know dialogue on the STR from Sedona and other Arizona cities.

State Congress Congress Congress (R-District 1) has introduced two House of Representatives bills that give the city the authority to suppress the STR at the boundary, or to limit rentals based on the number of houses zoning. did.

“Arizona needs to provide residents with the ability to have a safe and secure community with affordable prices,” said ABC15. “My concern is when the leadership is concerned. In some cities and towns in Arizona, the stock of evacuation housing has reached 20 %. More than 30 % of housing stocks are gone. If you are worried about the selected leader?

Efforts to restrict the STR and return to local governments to local governments have failed in the past.

Michael Karon (R-District 25), the leader of the majority of the House of Representatives, the representative of another state, feels that the upper limit of rental properties may have unintended results.

“How do you distinguish between a company from outside the state and a small man? Right? These are the challenges we are facing,” said Carborn. “I’m a local control supporter. I’m very sensitive to this topic.”

A short -term rental company also responds to concerns coming out of Arizona.

VRBO’s parent company EXPEDIA Group tells ABC15: “EXPEDIA Group is working with communities around the world to create public policies that balance local needs, including vibrant and diverse tourism economy. In Alizona to help balance this. I am proud of the continuous job, but restricting or prohibiting vacation rental is not an independent solution to the housing crisis, but the leaders facing these crisis take into account the root cause. I know to encourage you. “