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Straw Man

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9. Short-stay rentals are destroying the affordable-housing market ...

Reply to canetoad (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2023, 12:43 PM

Sep 2023

... in my community, forcing many to pull up roots -- sometimes generations-long roots -- and leave. There has also been a corresponding rise in homelessness.

This isn't Aunt Maude renting out the guest cottage to put some more cash in the cookie jar. It's wealthy corporations destroying a community. It needs to be regulated, and soon.

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Airbnb and short-stay rentals [View all] canetoad Sep 2023 OP

Or they could require permits for the short term rental properties Merlot Sep 2023 #1

Noted canetoad Sep 2023 #2

That's how they handle it where I lived. Merlot Sep 2023 #5

The problem we are having is party houses that go leftyladyfrommo Sep 2023 #3

Something has to be done Johnny2X2X Sep 2023 #4

Is it worth it ? I know some renters and they said it's not easy money JI7 Sep 2023 #7

I won't stay in them. shrike3 Sep 2023 #6

Renters face less risk going through AirBnB vs long term rentals/tenants... Chakaconcarne Sep 2023 #8

Short-stay rentals are destroying the affordable-housing market ... Straw Man Sep 2023 #9