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    "deck": "Anchorage short-term rental hosts on Airbnb and Vrbo must register with the city by July 30 or face a fine.",
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    "body_md": "Anchorage short-term rental hosts who list on Airbnb or Vrbo must register with the Municipality of Anchorage by July 30, or the city can issue a fine. The requirement applies to every short-term rental in the city, including properties that were previously registered separately as bed and breakfasts.\n\nRegistration is free. The city's registration portal is already open online, and hosts who sign up receive a registration number that must be posted on their listing.\n\nAirbnb and Vrbo will require that registration number on every Anchorage listing, so hosts who do not register risk losing the ability to keep their listing active on those platforms.\n\nThe rule covers any property rented out for fewer than 30 days at a time, a definition that brings bed and breakfasts into the same registration system they previously used on their own.\n\nThe city says the registration is not a new tax. Short-term rentals already pay the same 12 percent bed tax that hotels pay in Anchorage. The municipality says the goal is an accurate count of how many short-term rentals are operating and how they are affecting local housing.",
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    "summary": "The Municipality of Anchorage requires all short-term rental hosts on Airbnb and Vrbo to register by July 30, 2026, or face a fine. Registration is free, generates a number hosts must post on listings, and folds in former bed and breakfast registrations. Short-term rentals already pay Anchorage's 12 percent bed tax.",
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      "Registration deadline for Anchorage short-term rentals is July 30.",
      "Registration through the Municipality of Anchorage is free.",
      "Hosts receive a registration number that must be posted on their Airbnb or Vrbo listing.",
      "Airbnb and Vrbo will require that registration number on every Anchorage listing.",
      "Short-term rentals already pay the same 12 percent bed tax as Anchorage hotels.",
      "Properties rented for fewer than 30 days count as short-term, including former bed and breakfast registrants."
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        "a": "By July 30, 2026, or they'll face a fine.",
        "q": "When do Anchorage Airbnb hosts need to register with the city?"
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        "a": "No, registration through the city's online portal is free.",
        "q": "Does registration cost money?"
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        "q": "Is this a new tax on short-term rentals?"
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        "a": "The city can issue a fine, and Airbnb and Vrbo will require the registration number on listings, so unregistered listings risk being removed.",
        "q": "What happens if a host doesn't register?"
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