Re:Paris hails victory over short-stay rents
by rsynnott on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @01:37PM
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> But the question I always wonder is what's so special about hotels that they get to build dozens or hundreds of apartments but don't have to put them on the market?
Your average hotel room (at least in a large city) is much smaller than anything that would be permitted as a habitable apartment in most jurisdictions. The hotel also insulates residents from tourists, and hotels often have planning constraints intended to further reduce tourist nuisance (for instance, they may not be allowed have externally facing balconies).
And planning authorities can consider local needs; if you give planning for an apartment block you expect it to be used for housing, if you give planning for a hotel (or aparthotel) you expect it to be used for tourism. Airbnbs tend to break that model a bit.
Your average hotel room (at least in a large city) is much smaller than anything that would be permitted as a habitable apartment in most jurisdictions. The hotel also insulates residents from tourists, and hotels often have planning constraints intended to further reduce tourist nuisance (for instance, they may not be allowed have externally facing balconies).
And planning authorities can consider local needs; if you give planning for an apartment block you expect it to be used for housing, if you give planning for a hotel (or aparthotel) you expect it to be used for tourism. Airbnbs tend to break that model a bit.