RECENT PRESS & SOCIAL MEDIA
'UNNAMED CLIENT' CHALLENGES ARTICLE 1 PROCESS TO PASSAGE
I guess he just cannot help himself. After the ACK-Now Board voted to shutter its operation, one last shot across the bow...a challenge to Article 1's validity and will of the voters from an 'unnamed client' to the MA Attorney General. This story was run by the Nantucket Current and can be found at the link below. In it, there is a link to the full legal challenge that was submitted by ACK-Now's attorney. And again, we wait....
NANTUCKET CURRENT INVESTIGATES CORPORATE STR REGISTRATION 'LOOPHOLE'
Since launching its local STR Registry, the rules regarding operation and ownership have been tightened to exclude all but those whose named owners are 'natural persons'. This has allowed some corporate-owned STRs to legally register. Is this a minor loophole or a continued neighborhood concern? The Nantucket Current investiages.
NANTUCKET CURRENT REPORTS ON STM 2025
"Nantucket's five-year stalemate over short-term rentals has ended.
During Tuesday night's Special Town Meeting, Article 1, which legalizes short-term rentals (STRs) by right across Nantucket, was passed by a vote of 1045 - 421, clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for adoption with 71 percent support. The passage of Article 1 was the culmination of a divisive five-year debate over whether to restrict short-term rentals, and essentially kills existing legal challenges of STRs on Nantucket........"
RENT RESPONSIBLY REPORTS ON ARTICLE 1
Rent Responsibly is an education and community-building platform for short-term rental operators. We help owners, hosts, and managers navigate their local laws, professionalize their hospitality businesses, and rent responsibly. They are a strategic partner with GovOS, Nantucket's STR Registry operator and reported on the outcome of Nantucket's 2025 Special Town Meeting.
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The Nantucket Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) commissioned an independent study by the UMass Amherst Donahue Institute of vacation rentals that are managed by local real estate agencies. NAREB collected rental data from participating agencies for the period of 2019-2022, removed duplications and personal information and turned it over to the Donahue Institute for analysis and they published their report in June 2023.
VIEW THIS UPDATED REPORT FOR 2025
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ProcessFirst was selected by the town to delve into online rental platform, MA State STR registry, home sales data and combine it/ compare it to the extent possible with similar data being independently aggregated by the Nantucket Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB), removing duplicates and protecting personal information.