This site compares the short-term rental rules of 20 US cities and counties: whether a permit is required, what it costs, whether a home the operator does not live in can be rented, and which lodging taxes apply. Each place has its own page with the full set of facts, a short summary and the official pages the facts were read from.
Every value was recorded from the jurisdiction's own web pages, or from a state revenue agency or statute page for state tax rates, on the date shown. A value that could not be found on those pages is marked "unknown" instead of being filled in from another source.
Comparison table
| Place | State | Permit required | Permit fee (USD) | Non-owner-occupied rental allowed | Local lodging tax | State lodging tax | Platform collects tax | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | TN | Yes | $313 | Restricted | 7% | unknown | Yes | 2026-10-07 |
| Austin | TX | Yes | $736.60 | Yes | 11% | 6% | Yes | 2026-10-07 |
| San Diego | CA | Yes | $1,129 | Restricted | varies | unknown | Yes | 2026-10-07 |
| New York City | NY | Yes | $145 | No | 5.875% | 4% | Yes | 2026-10-07 |
| New Orleans | LA | Yes | unknown | unknown | 6.75% | 5% | unknown | 2026-10-07 |
| Honolulu (Oahu) | HI | Yes | unknown | Restricted | unknown | unknown | unknown | 2026-10-07 |
| Phoenix | AZ | Yes | $250 | unknown | unknown | 5.5% | unknown | 2026-10-07 |
| Scottsdale | AZ | Yes | $250 | unknown | 5% | 5.5% | unknown | 2026-10-07 |
| Las Vegas area (unincorporated Clark County) | NV | Yes | $945 | Yes | unknown | unknown | Yes | 2026-10-07 |
| Charleston | SC | Yes | $345 | unknown | 2% | 7% | unknown | 2026-10-07 |
| Boston | MA | Yes | $200 | unknown | unknown | 5.7% | unknown | 2026-10-07 |
| San Francisco | CA | Yes | unknown | No | 14% | unknown | unknown | 2026-10-07 |
| Seattle | WA | Yes | $75 | Restricted | unknown | unknown | Yes | 2026-10-07 |
| Portland | OR | Yes | unknown | No | 6% | 1.5% | Yes | 2026-10-07 |
| San Antonio | TX | Yes | $1,000 | Yes | 9% | 6% | unknown | 2026-10-07 |
| Miami-Dade County (unincorporated area) | FL | Yes | unknown | Restricted | 6% | unknown | Yes | 2026-10-07 |
| Denver | CO | Yes | $100 | No | 10.75% | unknown | unknown | 2026-10-07 |
| Philadelphia | PA | Yes | $150 | unknown | 8.5% | 7% | Yes | 2026-10-07 |
| Minneapolis | MN | Yes | unknown | Restricted | unknown | unknown | unknown | 2026-10-07 |
| Raleigh | NC | Yes | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 2026-10-07 |
How to read the table
- "unknown" means the official source did not settle it: the value was not found on the official pages read on the check date. It does not mean that no such rule, fee or tax exists.
- Permit fee: where fees differ by tier, the whole-home or non-owner-occupied tier is shown. Application or inspection fees charged separately are listed in the fee notes on each city page.
- "Restricted" means a home the operator does not live in is allowed only in some zones, tiers or numbers. The city page gives the limits.
- Local lodging tax is the main city or county lodging tax named by the source, not always the full local total. Percentages are not directly comparable between rows: some sources give one tax, others a breakdown. Read the tax notes on the city page before adding figures up.
- "varies" means the local rate depends on the location within the jurisdiction.
- Platform collects tax: "Yes" means an official source says booking platforms collect and remit at least one of these taxes, either all platforms by rule or named platforms by agreement.
- Two rows cover the unincorporated part of a county only. Cities inside those counties, such as the City of Las Vegas, Henderson, Miami and Miami Beach, set their own rules, which are not shown here.
How the facts were collected
On 2026-10-07 an AI agent fetched each jurisdiction's official web pages and recorded only what those pages state. Many official details sit in fee schedules and ordinances published as documents that were not read; the affected values are marked as unknown and the notes on each city page say so. The checks were automated: the page fetches, and a script that tests the structure of the data. Fees and penalty amounts change with each budget year.