Two years into it, Columbia’s policy of managing short-term rentals has resulted in a wild west for investors and growing concerns for people living near them. Unlike some other South Carolina cities, Columbia opted to put no limits on how many or where they can locate in 2023.
Unfortunately, it took a June shooting at an Elmwood Park short-term rental leading to one death, several wounded people and a worried neighborhood for the City Council to decide to revisit its first ordinance and regulate a total of 595 rentals, 149 of which are operating illegally.
So what is the city proposing to do?…