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How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion (www.arktrek.shop)

submitted 6 months ago by Dragxito@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Whole home or dedicated AIRBNB should be banned.. If I had a room going unused I'd AirBnb

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 1 points 6 months ago

I agree with you to some extend.

What I do not agree about is the implicit assumption that if AIRBNB is banned then every house that was used for short-term rental would become available on the long-term rental market.

The main advantage of the short-term rental (obvious higher profits aside) is the fact that the owner is sure to be able to get back the house if/when he need it. So many owners saw the possibility to use an house with AirBnB (or other similar ways) a lot more attractive than keeping it empty (paying the taxes on it) and much less risky than having a long-term rental where the tenants could be turn out to be a bad one.