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After adopting rules that permit homeowners to rent rooms to visitors who find them on the vacation rental site Airbnb, the Portland City Council on Wednesday will consider whether it should extend the same privilege to those who occupy apartments or condominiums.

Under an ordinance proposed by Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, the council may adopt rules and fees governing short-term rentals for "multi-dwelling structures, multi-dwelling development, triplexes, attached duplexes, manufactured dwellings and houseboats."

While such rentals theoretically aren't yet legal, listings for Portland apartments abound on the airbnb site.

Critics note that, following passage of the Airbnb permitting process this summer, only a relative handful of Portland listings have acquired a city permit.

The city may later take up the question of whether homeowners will be permitted to rent vacant homes to short-term renters, although officials say such a step is not yet scheduled.

The council agenda lists the discussion as beginning at 2 p.m.

-Mike Francis