NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The night began asking each candidate if they support strict regulations on short-term rental properties.

All three that attended say keeping a tight leash on this business is a must, with candidate Robert Murrell going one step further.

"Ideally I'd like to put a ban on the practice of having short-term-rentals altogether," Murrell said.

"They should be policed in the same way hotels are. They should have the same level of taxes applied," District A candidate Alex Mossing said.

"Something that we can do immediately is increase nightly fees that are being charged to owners and the people that are paying to rent the spaces and we can use that for enforcement," District A candidate Aimee McCarron said.

Each candidate was then asked how they would further combat viol

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