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Short-term rental rules in Stowe, VT
How Stowe regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Rules here limit which homes may operate as short-term rentals, how many, where, or for how many nights a year.
- hard citywide cap of 850 STR Licenses, in force beginning September 15, 2026
- non-resident/absentee whole-home STRs foreclosed: new licenses only via lottery that opens once the town-wide count falls below 850 (town officials say could take years)
- STR Licenses are not transferrable or assignable, including in an arms-length sale/conveyance
- primary-residence (Homestead) owners limited to no more than two STR licenses
Based on: Town of Stowe Short-Term Rental Registry Ordinance, § IV(H); adopted (readopted with cap) July 22, 2026; cap effective
Summary of the rule
Limitation on the Total Number of Short-Term Rental Licenses. Beginning on September 15, 2026, no more than eight hundred and fifty (850) Short-Term Rental Licenses shall be issued by the Town, except as otherwise provided herein.
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