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In my town the news of the day (Dec 10, 2020) is Short Term Rental (STR aka Airbnb) operators gave $2,500 to a local food bank. People were incensed at this mai

In my town the news of the day (Dec 10, 2020) is Short Term Rental (STR aka Airbnb) operators gave $2,500 to a local food bank. People were incensed at this mainly because of Airbnb operators taking over so many buildings. The local food bank has seen a jump in people homeless or paying more to rent farther from the urban center or suburbs. It's almost entirely due to Airbnb operators "renovicting" people. So a protest donation of anti-STR people gave to the same food bank in the amount of nearly $13,000 at last count. Many people in my small town hate Airbnb due to the sudden, massive, and negative change it's caused in local housing. https://www.journalpioneer.com/news/provincial/short-term-rental-protest-on-twitter-collects-10000-for-pei-food-bank-529346/ https://www.journalpioneer.com/news/provincial/short-term-re...

i_am_new_here 6y ago
Marketforces... sometimes it rather seems funny to me, that people lived in "expensive" "downtown" areas, which are predestined for higher returns via businesses such as AirBnB. There is a development behind that (the development of the city), but you can't blame anyone involved. Permanent residents want to live rather cheaper, outside of the city, greener, calmer, etc. Temporary residents require easier access and closer proximity to their (daily/vacation/business) needs, since they are not familiar with the area. There is disruption of an old industry (hotels) and you can be against that, try to stop it and maybe also successfully stop it. But I am not sure about how much sense this makes. Times change 1. the city and 2. the businesses.
- dghughes 6y ago
  Airbnb's concept is to be a bed and breakfast or "b and b". A bed and breakfast model is where a person rents a room in an owner's home and in the morning breakfast is made by the owner. Airbnb has completely gone off the rails. Buying up entire apartment buildings is not a bed and breakfast business it's a hotel corporation called by a different name.

i_am_new_here 6y ago

Marketforces... sometimes it rather seems funny to me, that people lived in "expensive" "downtown" areas, which are predestined for higher returns via businesses such as AirBnB. There is a development behind that (the development of the city), but you can't blame anyone involved. Permanent residents want to live rather cheaper, outside of the city, greener, calmer, etc. Temporary residents require easier access and closer proximity to their (daily/vacation/business) needs, since they are not familiar with the area. There is disruption of an old industry (hotels) and you can be against that, try to stop it and maybe also successfully stop it. But I am not sure about how much sense this makes. Times change 1. the city and 2. the businesses.

dghughes 6y ago
Airbnb's concept is to be a bed and breakfast or "b and b". A bed and breakfast model is where a person rents a room in an owner's home and in the morning breakfast is made by the owner. Airbnb has completely gone off the rails. Buying up entire apartment buildings is not a bed and breakfast business it's a hotel corporation called by a different name.