Senate goes light on short-term rental regs
Lodging industry pans bill as a gift to Airbnb and other home-sharing apps
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THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE has passed its bill for short-term-rentals, a stripped-down version of the House measure that simplifies the tax on hosts and eliminates any tiered structure so that people offering a single room in their home are treated the same as the investor with scores of units for rent. The Senate bill, passed on(...)