Palm Springs, CA Short-Term Rentals: Extended Home Share (2026)
Key Facts
- Registration
- separate homesharing certificate required
- Tax duty
- owner must remit transient occupancy tax
- Nuisance duty
- owner must prevent nuisance activity
- Compliance duty
- all health, safety, building, fire laws
- Loses status if
- owner off-site and unresponsive (Sec. 5.25.078(b))
Summary
Palm Springs authorizes homesharing, renting a room while the owner remains on the property, under Section 5.25.078(a) if the owner holds a homesharing registration certificate, remits transient occupancy tax, actively prevents nuisance activity, and complies with all health, safety, building and fire laws.
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, homesharing shall be authorized in the city, provided that the owner complies with each of the following requirements: (1) Obtains and maintains at all times a vacation rental registration certificate for homesharing; ... (3) Collects and remits transient occupancy tax to the city and complies with all city transient occupancy tax requirements as set forth in this code; (4) Takes responsibility for and actively prevents any nuisance activities that may take place as a result of homesharing activities;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4923139; v14 updated 2026-06-24).
Full Breakdown
25's vacation rental program, available notwithstanding the chapter's other provisions, so long as the owner meets six conditions: obtaining and maintaining a vacation rental registration certificate specifically for homesharing; operating under whatever homesharing conditions the enforcement official imposes to carry out the chapter's purpose; collecting and remitting transient occupancy tax under the city's TOT rules; taking responsibility for and actively preventing nuisance activity connected to the homesharing use; complying with all applicable health, safety, building and fire protection laws; and complying with any regulations the city adopts under the chapter.
070 that aren't specific to owner-absent rentals, such as trash handling, contract documentation and noise containment. 078(b): if the owner stops living on-site or can't respond to complaints within 30 minutes, the unit loses its homesharing status and reverts to the full vacation rental rules, including the annual contract caps.
Violations & Fines
Operating a homeshare without a valid registration certificate, or without meeting the six conditions in Section 5.25.078(a), triggers the same penalties as any unregistered vacation rental under Section 5.25.090: a misdemeanor for each day of violation, a $500 citation for a first offense and $1,000 after, and a mandatory two-year suspension on a third violation within 12 months.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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