Hey folks just wanna say that studies show that Airbnb is contributing to rising rents in multiple major cities, so please don't use it.
@eribloodlust Is it AirBNB or any similar service such as Vacasa?
@rotatingskull
If it allows people to rent out rooms or flats as if they were hotels, then any service. The issue is about areas which are zoned for residential being used as commercial (a short term rental, not a subrenter). Areas that are zoned for residential can be driven up in value because of the demand for commercial hotel space. So these services microcommodify the housing market.
@rotatingskull
Also the housing market has regulations to keep people in their space for as long as possible. Even a subrenter is usually protected to have no 'no fault' evictions. Airbnb turns spaces that could be rented or subrented on the housing market in to commercial spaces where renters are not people who will be staying in the community, and they cost more than they rent in the housing market. This drives up the cost and incentivise more property managers to remove housing for airbnb.
