Austin leaders expected to vote on new short-term rental rules Thursday

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Thursday, Austin city council is expected to work through several proposed changes to how the city regulates short-term rentals (STRs) -- think Airbnb or VRBO. The proposed changes include collecting hotel occupancy tax (HOT) and requiring STR companies to provide city permit numbers on public listings."For a number of years, we have had short-term rentals that are operating in our city that are unlicensed. We're talking about more than 10,000 STRs running in our city that ar