{"id":7,"date":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/bessieconwayrealestate-com\/2026\/10\/03\/maryland-landlords-now-required-to-implement-fire-safety-standards-for-short-term-rentals\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","slug":"maryland-landlords-now-required-to-implement-fire-safety-standards-for-short-term-rentals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/maryland-landlords-now-required-to-implement-fire-safety-standards-for-short-term-rentals\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland landlords now required to implement fire safety standards for short-term rentals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone deeply committed to the well-being of both residents and property owners in Maryland, I want to highlight an important update: landlords across the state are now required to take specific steps to improve fire safety in their short-term rentals. That means installing fire extinguishers, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and clear evacuation routes in all rental properties\u2014measures that go a long way toward peace of mind for everyone involved. Counties have the authority to charge fees and will be inspecting properties through October 2028 to make sure these standards are met. In my work throughout Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and the surrounding areas, I understand how critical compliance like this is\u2014not just for staying within the law, but for protecting what matters most.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/maryland-landlords-now-required-implement-191414837.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone deeply committed to the well-being of both residents and property owners in Maryland, I want to highlight an important update: landlords across the state are now required to take specific steps to improve fire safety in their short-term rentals. That means installing fire extinguishers, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and clear evacuation routes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}