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Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by Podgajski on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @05:19PM (#38702650)
Exactly, and what’s the occupancy rate for those Airbnb? 80%, 50% 20%? I knew one family that could make more an Airbnb in a week than they could renting it for two months.

We are incentivized by our greed nothing else.

Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by kelnos on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @06:55PM (#38703662)
Perhaps, but so what? Acting morally superior doesn't fix that. You don't change people's habits or desires. You either change the incentives (good luck with that in this particular case), or you... build more housing and make it not a problem that people own multiple homes.
Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by Podgajski on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:25PM (#38703930)
Shame used to work wonders to get people to change their behavior. It’s still does. That’s the thing about morals, included with it is shame.
Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by gremlinsinc on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @09:22PM (#38704741)
Good luck with counting on people to have shame and a moral compass (esp the wealthy). There's a ton of bigots on X (Twitter) who just love beating their chest showing they're a bigger biggot than the next. It's the generation of F* you, I've got mine, and not all of us are like that, but too many definitely are.
Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by thfuran on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @09:09AM (#38708836)
>It's the generation of F* you, I've got mine

Which generation exactly?

Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by Podgajski on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @12:08PM (#38710907)
All of them.
Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by AlexandrB on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @09:05AM (#38708811)
AirBnBs are hotels. Perhaps they should be regulated as such?