Primary-Residence-Only Rule
Redding limits its 'hosted homestay' permit to an owner-occupied home where the property owner both applies and lives, while its separate whole-home vacation rental permit, capped citywide at 400, has no such residency requirement and can be a non-owner-occupied investment property.
Redding Hosted Homestays Must Be Owner-Occupied
Significant RestrictionsRedding Municipal Code § 18.43.180(B)(1)-(2)
B.Types of short-term rentals. For purposes of this section, the following short-term rental facilities are established:1.Hosted homestay. An owner-occupied "Dwelling Unit," as defined by Section 18.61.020 under "Residential Structure Types" and excluding apartment units and duplexes, with more than one habitable room, where, for compensation, individual overnight room accommodations are provid...