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What action has Lisbon taken recently? I hadn't heard this until now.
by bogomipz 6y ago
What action has Lisbon taken recently? I hadn't heard this until now.
- mancerayder 6y agoThey're market-friendly actions but there's still a political response: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/in-europe-covid-19-is-an-opportunity-to-regulate-airbnb.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/in-europe-covid-19-i... edit: Basically they're offering landlords incentives to rent to the city which rents to workers and students. The article says that's 2000 apartments off the AirBNB (or "short term") platforms. That's some serious revenue. Other cities and countries are also mentioned in this article, which is a few days old. It seems cities are taking advantage of the pandemic to pull housing back from AirBNB. The bear thesis gets stronger.