New short-term rental laws restrict hosts to one principal home and one secondary suite.
Tourist towns face accommodation shortages ahead of summer as hotel capacity nears its limit.
The 3% vacancy exemption rule is too strict for most tourism-dependent communities to qualify.
Proposed changes include exemptions for film, healthcare, strata hotels, and local zoning flexibility.
Current law aims to ease housing crisis, but critics say it's harming tourism and local economies.