{"id":8380,"date":"2021-10-26T18:21:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T22:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=8380"},"modified":"2021-10-26T18:21:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T22:21:03","slug":"urgent-contact-your-state-representatives-tonight-to-oppose-harmful-short-term-rental-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2021\/10\/26\/urgent-contact-your-state-representatives-tonight-to-oppose-harmful-short-term-rental-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"URGENT &#8211; Contact Your State Representatives Tonight to Oppose Harmful Short-Term Rental Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 75rem + 2.5rem );margin-left: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.25rem;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.25rem;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.25rem;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.25rem;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Please contact your State Representatives tonight as they move forward with voting on the harmful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/(S(3wadlv1te2fjganrzfbrp2dm))\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectName=2021-HB-4722\"><strong>House Bill 4722<\/strong><\/a> that would eliminate a municipality\u2019s ability to regulate short-term vacation rentals. The Michigan Municipal League is hearing the House could vote on the bill tonight and it does not include compromises with local government groups.<\/p>\n<p>League staff are in Lansing at the Capitol this evening fighting for our members, but we need your help by contacting your state Representative.<\/p>\n<p>The League and several other groups and organizations put forth new bills recently that balance the necessity for communities to provide proper regulation and oversight over commercial enterprises in their neighborhoods while continuing to allow short-term rental properties in all communities. Unfortunately, the bill being voted on tonight does not take these new bills into consideration.<\/p>\n<p>If you have your Representative\u2019s cell phone number, please call it. Or call their office and leave a message. This issue has far-reaching impact on all communities and not just those dealing with short-term rental issues.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the issue <a href=\"\/inside208\/short-term-rental-preemption-bill-hb-4722-may-see-action\/\">here<\/a> (Short-term rental preemption bill may see action), <a href=\"\/inside208\/short-term-rental-bills-introduced-good-neighbor-legislation-is-good-sense-compromise\/\">here<\/a> (Compromise short-term rental bills introduced&#8221; and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/short-term-rentals\/\">here<\/a> (Short-term rental resource page).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39],"tags":[325,388,555],"class_list":["post-8380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-short-term-rentals","tag-legislation","tag-michigan-municipal-league","tag-short-term-rental","mml-onemagnify-plugin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>URGENT - Contact Your State Representatives Tonight to Oppose Harmful Short-Term Rental Legislation - Inside 208<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2021\/10\/26\/urgent-contact-your-state-representatives-tonight-to-oppose-harmful-short-term-rental-legislation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"URGENT - Contact Your State Representatives Tonight to Oppose Harmful Short-Term Rental Legislation - Inside 208\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2021\/10\/26\/urgent-contact-your-state-representatives-tonight-to-oppose-harmful-short-term-rental-legislation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Inside 208\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/MMLeague\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-26T22:21:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Inside-208-Site-Image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dene Westbrook\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@MMLeague\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MMLeague\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dene Westbrook\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2021\/10\/26\/urgent-contact-your-state-representatives-tonight-to-oppose-harmful-short-term-rental-legislation\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2021\/10\/26\/urgent-contact-your-state-representatives-tonight-to-oppose-harmful-short-term-rental-legislation\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dene Westbrook\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/#\/schema\/person\/15aed4510ea6fe39f324094edb06c88c\"},\"headline\":\"URGENT &#8211; 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