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ABOUT THE SANTA FE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ALLIANCE
About the SANTA FE STRA
Founded in 2020, the Santa Fe Short-Term Rental Alliance is a 501(c)(6) organization registered with the Secretary of State of New Mexico. Our primary purpose is to advocate for reasonable regulation and responsible hosting through education and collaboration with municipal and county representatives.
We are the collective voice of the Santa Fe short-term rental community. We are residents, hosts, local businesses, and other advocates who understand and protect the rights of homeowners to responsibly rent their properties, who believe in fair and reasonable regulations of short-term rentals, and who depend on the value that private hosting brings to the Santa Fe economy. Welcome!
NEW:
Memberships Now Available!
What We Do
Advocacy & Regulatory support
We represent responsible short-term rentals in Santa Fe at City Hall, and we provide hosts and managers resources to advocate for yourselves. We also provide regular updates on the latest in local ordinance discussions and state laws, and we provide support tools to help you follow local rules, pay taxes, and more.
education & community
We create content and events for hosts and managers of all experience levels to professionalize and optimize your hosting. We also foster opportunities to grow your network. Whether you’re looking for a vendor or business partner or just want to connect with other hosts, SFSTRA is your community.
Become a Member
To access the full suite of all that the Santa Fe STRA has to offer, join us as a member.
Join the SFSTRA board!
The SFSTRA is accepting applications from passionate STR advocates to serve as board members at large. We have immediate openings for committee leadership positions for Membership Development and Government Relations/Public Policy.
We are also accepting applications for at large board member seats from which to consider service in an elected position as President, Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer for subsequent years.
All board positions are volunteer and require a minimum 1-year term commitment.
Have a couple hours a week to make your mark on the future of short-term rentals in Santa Fe? Know someone who might? We’d love to hear from you!
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Nominate a board member or inquire for more information below.
GET TO KNOW SHORT-TERM RENTALS
Short-term rentals are not Airbnb or a faceless corporation. Short-term rental hosts are faces you know: your family, your friends, the people next to you at the farmer’s market.
Short-Term Rental Operators
MISCONCEPTION: Short-term rental owners are out-of-town investors or corporate developers.
REALITY: The majority of short-term rental owners are locals renting their homes to make a side income that helps them keep their homes, pay for their kids’ college education, save for or supplement their retirement, and cover other life expenses. In fact, 70% of short-term rental owners earn enough to cover only half of their monthly mortgage payments. (1)
Shared Community Economic Benefit
MISCONCEPTION: Short-term rentals aren’t taxed, giving them an unfair advantage over hotels.
REALITY: Short-term rentals in Santa Fe collect the same lodgers’ and gross receipts taxes as local hotels.
MISCONCEPTION: Short-term rentals cause affordable housing problems.
REALITY:
In Santa Fe and most cities, whole-home short-term rentals make up about 1% of all housing units. A recent Oxford Economics study found that nationally, short-term rentals account for a fractional .2 percentage point of the 4.3 per cent increase in real rents over the course of the last four years.
Affordable housing problems are caused by a disparity between wages and real estate market factors.
On the contrary, renting short-term helps local homeowners supplement their mortgages to be able to keep their homes.
MISCONCEPTION: Short-term rentals do not contribute to the local tourism economy.
REALITY: Short-term rentals make it possible for more people to visit and spend money in Santa Fe. One in three travelers are unlikely to consider a destination if short-term rentals are not an accommodation option. Short-term rentals provide an economical option for guests who need more space but cannot afford multiple hotel rooms and those who need access to amenities like kitchens to be able to cook their own meals.
Additionally, short-term rentals keep tourism dollars in our community and disperse them to local businesses in areas away from traditional hotel commercial areas.
MISCONCEPTION: Short-term rentals do not create or support local jobs.
REALITY: Short-term rentals rely on the services of local housekeepers, landscapers, maintenance technicians, pest control providers, property managers, and other property care specialists. Case studies have shown that for every new short-term rental, four fractional jobs are created.
Short-Term Rental Guests
MISCONCEPTION: Short-term rental guests destroy the fabric of neighborhoods.
REALITY: The average short-term rental guest is a 50-year-old woman traveling with a family of four. (1) Furthermore, 84% of short-term rentals here are booked less than half the year (2).
MISCONCEPTION: Short-term rental guests are noisier than residents.
REALITY: There is no evidence short-term rental guests are louder than long-term occupants. In fact, short-term rental guests were found to be quieter than long-term occupants 4 out of 7 days a week. (3)
Sources:
1. Vrbo 2. AirDNA 3. NoiseAware Study 4. Airbnb
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