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John S. Rodgers: “There's a ton of people that I know that rent out a room in…”

Featuring: John S. Rodgers, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

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Vermont primary debate_ Republicans for lieutenant governor Gregory Thayer and John Rodgers

Published | Video Starts at 13:34

We have a $50,000 a year farm payment, $22,000 a year in property taxes. So we do short term rental to help us keep up with the exorbitant cost of living here. And There's a ton of people that I know that rent out a room in their house or rent out their camp for several weeks to help them cover the cost of their taxes. Let's not punish them. We have another type which is an investor that comes from another state or even from here in the state that's buying houses and renting whole street short term rental and building small, little tiny houses and doing short term rental. (13:34–13:43)

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Asserts that [many people use short-term rentals to cover tax costs].

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