I think a key issue with them is they've caused a harmful reduction of available affordable rented accommodation in many areas. All those "amazing properties wi

I think a key issue with them is they've caused a harmful reduction of available affordable rented accommodation in many areas. All those "amazing properties with prime locations for reasonable price" are now no longer available to local residents to rent. It's a thing that's happened around my rural'ish village. There used to be a reasonable supply of rented properties but many have turned into AirBNB lets where, for half the year, they're practically unoccupied, and even during the holiday season (northern hemisphere summer) they're never fully occupied. I know this is just how market forces work, but in some localities AirBNB are a somewhat destructive force.