Habersham County confronts gaps in short-term-rental licensing and tax registration

Habersham County commissioners turned their attention to short-term rentals at an April 17, 2023 work session after Planning Director Mike Beecham said operators appeared to be showing little compliance with the county’s stated expectation that they obtain a business license and register to pay hotel/motel tax. The discussion placed a growing lodging category—and the county’s ability to identify and oversee it—before the commission, but the minutes record no formal action that day.