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I'd like a cheap room that doesn't cut into people being able to get affordable apartments. They need to address the issues around people leaving flats empty af

I'd like a cheap room that doesn't cut into people being able to get affordable apartments. They need to address the issues around people leaving flats empty after people leave and turning them into permanent AirBNBs instead of renting out room to people who actually live there. If you really want to build community and meet people, you should try Couch Surfers. It's part of the real sharing economy, not the bullshit sharing economy.

Consultant32452 9y ago
>They need to address the issues If by "they" you mean NIMBY regulators who won't allow more housing to be built, then we agree. This is not AirBnB's fault or responsibility.
- wankerrific 9y ago
  Didn't Airbnb just have something like 5000 units yanked off their site where the owners couldn't prove they were legit "sharing"? Seems like it's their issue now.
  - Consultant32452 9y ago
    As of July 2016 Bloomberg estimated that AirBnB had 2.3 million listings[1]. At just 0.2% of their entire listing base, culling 5k bad ones from time to time seems pretty reasonable. But more to the point, this was the original comment I'm responding to: >They need to address the issues around people leaving flats empty after people leave and turning them into permanent AirBNBs instead of renting out room to people who actually live there. If the NIMBYs weren't allowed to have a strangle-hold on supply, then it wouldn't be a problem for the wider market if some property owners turn their units into AirBnBs. [1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-11/airbnb-faces-growing-pains-as-it-passes-100-million-users https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-11/airbnb-fa...