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FLAGSTAFF — During the March 4 Council Meeting, the Flagstaff City Council passed a resolution calling for the state legislature to allow local governments to adopt reasonable regulations on the number and location of short-term rentals The resolution also recognizes that the City’s Housing Emergency, declared in 2020, is exacerbated by the proliferation of short-term rentals. The resolution can be read here.
In 2016, the state legislature passed legislation that required local governments to allow short-term rentals in all residential zones. While additional legislation has since been passed that gives local governments limited ability to regulate STRs through requiring contact information for owners or requiring a license, local governments are still prohibited from regulating the number or location of short term rentals in their communities.
The number of short term rentals in Flagstaff has grown significantly in recent years. At the beginning of 2021, Flagstaff had approximately 600 STRs. That number has increased to 1,142 as of February 2025. The map below shows the location of short term rentals in Flagstaff.