John Camera at Spectrum News reports that more Hudson Valley towns are regulating short-term house rentals, to help the affordable housing crisis. In Saugerties, a new law gives its building department a list of rentals to ensure they’re up to safety guidelines. In New Paltz, a law also would create a list of short-term rentals in the village, and also ban property owners that do not live in the village from renting out the space. Saugerties Town Supervisor Fred Costello said, “Emergencies at short-term rentals throughout the town where proper, responsible ownership or ownership representation was out of reach in the responding community, so it's important that we had a go-to person if the property was owned remotely." Read more about this story at Spectrum News reports.