Short term rentals through sites like Airbnb and Vrbo were increasingly popular in 2020, and many local townships looked at regulating them.

Residents said that some rentals have created issues with noise, trash and parking.

Many of the proposed regulations have looked at allowing rentals while penalizing owners whose guests caused disruptions.

Eldred and Polk townships in Monroe County adopted regulations.

In Carbon, Penn Forest and Jim Thorpe Borough both considered ordinances which would allow rentals with regulations, but they haven’t approved them. The two municipalities each held lengthy hearings on the topic.

Towamensing advertised an ordinance for adoption.

Kidder Township temporarily approved having police officers work overtime to address quality of life issues Friday and Saturday nights.

At the beginning of the pandemic, Gov. Tom Wolf shut down short-term rentals in the state because some were being advertised as an escape from populated areas in New York and New Jersey where the virus was spreading more rapidly.