Milwaukee County does not require a host to be present during a stay. State law protects whole-home rentals of 7 or more days, so unhosted short-term rentals are allowed; any presence-related rule would come from an individual municipality within statutory limits.
Milwaukee County has no host-presence or home-sharing-only requirement for short-term rentals. Wisconsin's statewide framework favors whole-home rentals: Wis. Stat. 66.1014 prohibits a political subdivision from banning the rental of a residential dwelling for 7 consecutive days or longer, so a local government cannot outlaw unhosted, whole-house rentals of a week or more. For shorter stays of more than 6 but fewer than 30 consecutive days, the statute permits only a cap on rental days, not a requirement that the owner remain on-site. The county neither requires nor restricts host presence and does not distinguish home-sharing from whole-home rentals. A host still needs the DATCP tourist rooming house license over 10 nights per year and any municipal license.
There is no county penalty for operating an unhosted rental. Enforcement instead targets operating without the required DATCP tourist rooming house license or a required municipal license, which can bring cease-operation orders and monetary penalties under state and local law.
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