• gastationsushi@lemmy.world
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      7 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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      7 months ago

      The fact that some cities who have already banned short term rentals are still not affordable at all. While the details of the bans vary, cities include Paris, New York, and Amsterdam. None of which are cheap still.