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Revere, MA Short-Term Rentals: Extended Home Share (2026)

Few Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Exclusion
Bedroom or attached apartment inside host's own home
Key condition
Not accessed exclusively through a separate entry
Effect
Chapter 8.09 registration and cap do not apply
Also excluded
Month-to-month tenancy-at-will arrangements
Not affected
Separate ordinances on lodging/rooming/boardinghouses still apply

Summary

Renting out a bedroom or an attached apartment inside your own Revere home, reached through your own front door, is not a short-term rental at all under Municipal Code § 8.09.015(A): the entire chapter's registration, cap, and fee rules simply do not apply to that arrangement.

The provisions of this ordinance do not apply to the accommodation, for a fee, of a bedroom or attached apartment contained within and accessible through the operator's primary residence unit and is not accessed exclusively through a separate entry.

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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4804778; v14 updated 2026-05-04).

Full Breakdown

015, titled Exclusions, carves three arrangements out of the Short-Term Rentals chapter entirely. 015(A), covers the accommodation, for a fee, of a bedroom or attached apartment contained within and accessible through the operator's primary residence unit, so long as it is not accessed exclusively through a separate entry. 080. 015(C) makes clear the exclusions do not alter or nullify any other municipal ordinance governing lodging houses, rooming houses, or boardinghouses, so those uses remain separately regulated. Together these carve-outs mean a resident who simply rents a spare bedroom inside their own home, accessed from inside that home, can do so without registering as a short-term rental operator.

Violations & Fines

Because § 8.09.015(A) excludes this arrangement from the Short-Term Rentals chapter altogether, none of § 8.09.080's fines or cease-and-desist authority apply to it as such. A host who instead lets the room be accessed through its own separate exterior entrance, or who exceeds the boundaries of the exclusion, falls back under the full chapter and its four-hundred-ninety-dollar-per-day penalty for operating without registration.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to register a spare bedroom I rent inside my Revere house?
Not if it fits § 8.09.015(A): a bedroom or attached apartment inside your primary residence, reached through the home itself rather than its own outside door, is excluded from the entire Short-Term Rentals chapter, so the registration, six-month cap, and fee provisions do not apply to it.
What is the difference between this exclusion and a regular short-term rental?
The exclusion in § 8.09.015(A) turns on access: if the space is reachable only through the operator's own home rather than through a separate exterior entrance, it stays outside the chapter. A unit with its own private entrance falls under the full registration, inspection, and six-month cap rules instead.
Does renting month-to-month to a tenant count as a short-term rental?
No. Section 8.09.015(B) separately excludes any month-to-month tenancy-at-will agreement between a landlord and a tenant from the Short-Term Rentals chapter, regardless of how the space is accessed, because that arrangement is an ordinary tenancy rather than a short-term rental booking.

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