Milwaukee County does not require short-term rentals to be a host's primary residence. State law bars local governments from banning rentals of 7 or more days, and any residency-based limit would have to come from an individual municipality within the statute's bounds.
Milwaukee County imposes no primary-residence requirement on short-term rentals, and Wisconsin law makes broad residency mandates difficult to enforce. Wis. Stat. 66.1014 provides that a political subdivision may not prohibit the rental of a residential dwelling for 7 consecutive days or longer, preventing a municipality from banning non-owner-occupied whole-home rentals of a week or more. For rentals of 6 to 30 consecutive days, the statute allows only a cap on rental days at no fewer than 180 yearly; it may not tie the right to rent to whether the property is the host's primary home. Neither the county nor its municipalities can require a short-term rental be the operator's primary residence. Hosts still need the DATCP and any municipal license.
Because no primary-residence rule exists, there is no county violation for renting a non-primary home. Enforcement risk instead arises from operating without the required DATCP or municipal license, which can bring fines and license revocation under Wis. Stat. ch. 97.
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