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[–] LavaPlanet 9 points 10 months ago

Omg, best news story of the day. This brought me a shit ton of joy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Was there no housing crisis before AirBnB?

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[–] _sideffect 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

You can ban the company, but you can't ban the concept (which has been around forever)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Why would you be unable to ban the concept?

[–] Cringe2793 4 points 10 months ago

You can. Look at what Singapore is doing.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Same thing happened in Vancouver with people’s utility closets when it became illegal to rent out utility closets short term (already was illegal long term)

It didn’t help home prices but the million dollar closets became worthless

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Do people really think that AirBnB invented short term rentals?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

They made it convenient and common. Short term rental without a platform specifically made to do it is a pain in the ass.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

While I have little doubt that AirBnB contributes to the housing crisis, it is not the sole or biggest cause.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)
[–] gastationsushi 4 points 9 months ago

Just look at the amount of money private equity puts into buying homes. Most of these homes will go for rentals or airbnbs. So they are related, but airbnb itself is the symptom, not the root of the problem.

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