30,000 empty homes and nowhere to live: inside Dublin’s housing crisis

Re:30,000 empty homes and nowhere to live: inside Dublin’s h... by pastor_elm on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:23AM (#18561355)

Dublin is a tourist town. The only thing that can compete with 100 euros a night is a rent of 3000 euros a month.

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Re:30,000 empty homes and nowhere to live: inside Dublin’s h... by AllegedAlec on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:27AM (#18561386)

Or fines for short-term renting which make normal rent the more feasible option.

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Re:30,000 empty homes and nowhere to live: inside Dublin’s h... by vadym909 on Thursday November 29, 2018 @01:25PM (#18562451)

Can hotels start converting their rooms into apartments and start renting out to families? If Airbnb is taking business away from hotels shouldn't this work?

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Re:30,000 empty homes and nowhere to live: inside Dublin’s h... by dubliner2077 on Friday November 30, 2018 @01:46AM (#18567249)

It's not New York with lot of population, skyscrapers, etc. Dublin as a city is not great, like... They are not even prepared for rain.

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Re:30,000 empty homes and nowhere to live: inside Dublin’s h... by ed_balls on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:40AM (#18561498)

I doubt your Airbnb will be used 100% of the time. 80% would be more realistic. Renting on Airbnb has a one major advantage over traditional renting. If someone loses a job and stops paying rent it's quite hard to evict him.

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