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Banning Airbnb considered as housing crisis bites in coastal towns

by yogi123 on 9/7/21, 12:18 AM with 36 comments

  • by jseliger on 9/7/21, 1:25 AM

    Towns will consider absolutely anything to lower costs except building new housing: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-will-do-anything-to-en....

    Sadly, we're at the stage of this "crisis" where parody is the only appropriate response.

  • by eddiewithzato on 9/7/21, 3:38 AM

    Hope they ban investment properties for residential addresses. Investment properties should really only be for business buildings.

  • by throw_m239339 on 9/7/21, 5:38 AM

    I just want to say, I live in a country where there are laws for and against almost everything, where most Airbnb listings are basically illegal, yet the city I live in is one of the top Airbnb destination.

    What I mean, is that laws are useless if there is no means to for them to be seriously enforced, which is the case where I live.

    On the other hand, if I were to create my own Airbnb website in that same country, I'd be shut down by the end of the week and put in jail facilitating illegal renting listings, while Airbnb executives risk absolutely nothing since they live in USA.

  • by mensetmanusman on 9/7/21, 1:50 AM

    I wonder if America will ever build new cities.

  • by anamax on 9/7/21, 4:50 AM

    Monterey CA (USA) bans all rentals of less than a month except for legal hotels.