MONTGOMERY, Ala. — With no regulations currently governing Airbnb listings or single-room rentals, Montgomery residents have grown increasingly frustrated — and the City Council is now taking steps to change that.

For the second time this year , the council’s Commerce and Industry Committee met to discuss how to regulate short-term rentals and single-room occupancies across the city.

District 3 Councilwoman Marche Johnson, who is leading the effort, said the goal is to balance business opportunities with the city’s ongoing housing needs.

“What we don’t want is a city filled with short-term rentals when we have a housing crisis,” Johnson said. “We need permanent housing, not neighborhoods filled with Airbnbs. We want you to make money and have businesses, but we also have people who ne

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