Hood River City Councilors gave more detailed instructions to municipal staff on what they want to see done with short-term rentals in their ordinances as the affordable housing discussion continues.  City Manager Steve Wheeler says they are looking at breaking short-term rentals in to three categories.  One category would involve renting out rooms in a home the property owner lives in and another would involve long-term residents of at least 270 days a year with an auxiliary short-term use, and Wheeler said both would be allowed.  But a third category that would involve properties the owner doesn’t live at and are managed for short-term rentals would be targeted for what Wheeler termed a “very gradual” phase out involving an amortization period.  Mayor Paul Blackburn believes they would begin with permits for already existing vacation rentals, with the possibility that as properties sell they would not be renewed.  Blackburn said he feels the housing stock is so limited by the urban growth boundary that Hood River needs people living in the houses it has.