Short-term rentals in Colorado ski towns are seeing higher rates, lower occupancy and unsteady revenue heading into the fall season. The Colorado Short-Term Rental Alliance, a nonprofit volunteer and advocacy organization known as COSTRA, hosted a state-of-the-industry webinar on July 23, bringing together vacation rental owners and experts to talk about the past — and potential future — of the short-term rental market. Ski markets have also maintained nearly double the average daily rate of non-ski markets, with pricing expected to go up. With housing shortages and historically-high rental rates in some rural resort areas, Democratic candidates are once again eyeing short-term rental regulations as they approach the November general election. Dahlkemper is also a Jefferson County commissioner, which Terwey said has made favorable decisions for the short-term rental market.