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The debate on Nantucket over vacation rentals

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Earlier this year, the Massachusetts Land Court found that certain kinds of vacation rentals on Nantucket are illegal. The decision poured gasoline on long-smoldering tensions on the island about short-term rentals' impact on housing affordability and quality of life.

Radio Boston talks with Nantucket homeowners Charity Benz and Kathy Baird, as well as Josh Zakim, of the advocacy group Housing Forward MA, and Vox correspondent Abdallah Fayyad.

This segment aired on May 20, 2024.

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