Out-of-state owners of Hood River vacation rental homes are challenging city ordinances that require a local resident to lease the home for at least a year before short-term rentals can occur. Lawyers ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Alex Kim wants to start a family. But there’s a problem: he has roommates, and the likelihood of finding an affordable home in Hood River — the place he’s lived for the past 2 ...

HOOD RIVER, Ore. (KOIN) — The number of short-term rentals is on the rise in Hood River, but city leaders say it affects the affordable housing market. So, new regulations have been put in place to ...

Travel behemoth Expedia.com hosted an unannounced town hall on short term rentals at the Hood River Elks club yesterday. During the meeting, Joy Langley, Expedia’s government affairs manager for the ...

HOOD RIVER -- When Steve Wheeler moved from Portland to Hood River in 2014, he struggled to find housing. It was "very hard," he said. "I was looking for a rental place, and the problem here is that ...