Lee Dunham—Senior Attorney

      In the wake of the rise of online vacation rental platforms like Airbnb and VRBO, the modern trend in drafting restrictive covenants for planned communities or condominiums is to include a provision specifically addressing whether, and under what conditions, short-term rentals will be permitted. Older covenants, however, did not contemplate the widespread use of properties as short-term rentals, and typically contain only broad provisions restricting the properties to “residential use,” or limiting “commercial” or “business” use.