EU cities contemplate life with less Airbnb

Re:EU cities contemplate life with less Airbnb by matkoniecz on Sunday April 18, 2021 @02:47PM (#26855154)

Flats being rented on AirBnB is definitely competing with long term residents wishing to rent flats.

What is more visible as due to COVID this flats become available for a normal rental.

Obviously AirBnB, booking.com are only one of factors.

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Re:EU cities contemplate life with less Airbnb by baby on Sunday April 18, 2021 @04:34PM (#26856077)

> Flats being rented on AirBnB is definitely competing with long term residents wishing to rent flats.

so are hotels, parking lots, malls, and everything else that take space right?

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Re:EU cities contemplate life with less Airbnb by matkoniecz on Monday April 19, 2021 @02:08AM (#26859530)

Partially yes, but AirBnB and similar caused widespread effect of flats and apartment buildings being turned into a hotels.

Residents of a city (via local government) may have some influence on hotel/mall/parking lot construction but this fails when anyone may buy apartments and starts hotel there anyway.

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Re:EU cities contemplate life with less Airbnb by pseudalopex on Sunday April 18, 2021 @05:11PM (#26856412)

Those are regulated and taxed.

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Re:EU cities contemplate life with less Airbnb by baby on Sunday April 18, 2021 @07:26PM (#26857544)

So? They still provide a downside. Regulation doesn’t make something instantly worth it.

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Re:EU cities contemplate life with less Airbnb by pseudalopex on Sunday April 18, 2021 @08:39PM (#26858029)

So it makes sense for cities to limit and balance the down sides of short term rentals the same way they limit and balance the down sides of hotels, parking lots, and malls.

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