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Sam, your post doesnt at all address the problem policymakers are trying to solve, which is landlords evicting tenants and then converting those units to short
by beatpanda 11y ago
Sam, your post doesnt at all address the problem policymakers are trying to solve, which is landlords evicting tenants and then converting those units to short term rentals. I agree that Prop F is a bad way to fix that bad behavior, but its also disingenuous to not talk about the problem. I don't think anybody can make a coherent argument that renting out a spare room is driving up prices. What does do that is landlords deciding they would rather be in the hotel business.
- geebee 11y agoAirbnb could very well drive up "spare room" prices. For instance, think about a room in a house, or may be a small in-law, that used to be rented out to a student or other longer term tenant. With airbnb, it may be possible to make up that income on fewer days, or to greatly exceed it as a full time rental. That would result in a unit being taken off the market as a permanent rental, which could certainly reduce supply and drive up prices.