Graffiti seen in Barcelona, Catalonia
-
What is that even supposed to mean? You sold the home to someone else who rents it out?
The houses were being rented to locals who are now pushed out so the houses can be offered as much more expensive airbnbs.
-
This post did not contain any content.
They banned airbnb in victoria bc last year and rent here has actually went down. From this one single change.
-
What is that even supposed to mean? You sold the home to someone else who rents it out?
Literally just happened to my coworker and I'm in America...
Landlord sold the house to some scumbag Airbnb parasite who then kicked my coworker out. The whole town is turning into this because rich fucks want to come walk around for 3 months of the year... Then it turns into a ghost town because we've all been pushed out.
-
They banned airbnb in victoria bc last year and rent here has actually went down. From this one single change.
Reducing rent prices was the plan and to be honest, the obvious outcome when demand goes down.
-
What is that even supposed to mean? You sold the home to someone else who rents it out?
Assuming that you're asking in good faith -
People are frequently evicted from longterm rented accomodation because the landlord can make more profit from AirBNB. This in turn reduces the pool of available housing and drives up rents. -
Literally just happened to my coworker and I'm in America...
Landlord sold the house to some scumbag Airbnb parasite who then kicked my coworker out. The whole town is turning into this because rich fucks want to come walk around for 3 months of the year... Then it turns into a ghost town because we've all been pushed out.
The tourists and techbros wonder why the city isn't as fun or cool as it used to be. It's because those people had to leave. Tech bros and corporations created this shit.
-
They could have been renters in the first place.
Over in my parts we had a big problem of landlords jacking up rent to squeeze tenants out and list the property on Airbnb. I haven't followed those trends in a while though. I think the turnover/cleaning cycle cut into ROI and discouraged that trend a bit.
completely unrelated to your comment but the post above this one was a few children roleplaying guillotine
i know. unrelated to this topic, but its pretty neat
-
This post did not contain any content.
why would anarchism be a solution to this, surely it would make it worse?
-
Reducing rent prices was the plan and to be honest, the obvious outcome when demand goes down.
wrote last edited by [email protected]You can also buy one of these tiny former airbnb studio condos for like 20k cad down if you are desperate. Good way to enter the market if that's all you can come up with. They are all sitting on the market and you can lowball.
-
They banned airbnb in victoria bc last year and rent here has actually went down. From this one single change.
I live in a small CA mountain town that was "the only town open" during COVID, and as such, Airbnb went apeshit. Well the market got oversaturated and now with people trying to offload these properties or rent them out to long term residents , and shocker, rents are coming down (along with home prices). We still have yoyos trying to get $4k/mo for a 2/1 piece of shit because I'm guessing they're upside down on their mortgage, but those properties have been sitting on the market for at least 6mos. I have zero empathy for the people that bought high and losing their asses because they wanted to make it rich at the expense of our local population.
-
I live in a small CA mountain town that was "the only town open" during COVID, and as such, Airbnb went apeshit. Well the market got oversaturated and now with people trying to offload these properties or rent them out to long term residents , and shocker, rents are coming down (along with home prices). We still have yoyos trying to get $4k/mo for a 2/1 piece of shit because I'm guessing they're upside down on their mortgage, but those properties have been sitting on the market for at least 6mos. I have zero empathy for the people that bought high and losing their asses because they wanted to make it rich at the expense of our local population.
Canmore?
-
why would anarchism be a solution to this, surely it would make it worse?
Make a place undesirable to rent an Abnb in and people may stop renting.
-
What is that even supposed to mean? You sold the home to someone else who rents it out?
Long term renter evicted in favor of short term Air BnB.
-
why would anarchism be a solution to this, surely it would make it worse?
Do you even know what anarchism is like at all?
-
completely unrelated to your comment but the post above this one was a few children roleplaying guillotine
i know. unrelated to this topic, but its pretty neat
I saw that pic too! Coffee hadn't kicked in yet and took me a second to realize what was going on. Kids toys are so bland these days.
-
What is that even supposed to mean? You sold the home to someone else who rents it out?
Property owners realized they can do a long term rental for $2000/month, or short-term rentals for $2000/week. Obviously, they chose the more profitable one. So people who want to live in a place long term, perhaps fueling the local economy and community, get pushed out.
Then, the places that remain as long term rentals raise the prices because there's fewer of them competing (assuming they aren't already forming a cartel)
Personally I think the state should have a heavier hand in providing housing. It's too essential to let private forces squeeze it for profit.
-
This post did not contain any content.
From what I heard from my brother, he lives in Barcelona, they are banning bnbs and short term rentals. In order to combat this problem.
-
This post did not contain any content.wrote last edited by [email protected]
Renting out property is so evil, and Airbnb is like a double evil on top of that. Very powerful graffiti that makes a good clear message, well done to whoever did this.
-
From what I heard from my brother, he lives in Barcelona, they are banning bnbs and short term rentals. In order to combat this problem.
For more details: https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/07/22/the-end-of-airbnb-in-barcelona-what-does-the-tourism-industry-have-to-say
I live here ([email protected]), the mayor who announced the decision made it so that it would applied after the end of his tenure (that will end in 2027, the decision is supposed to happen in 2028)
The other issue is that even besides tourism, Barcelona is a very attractive city for Spanish people due to the work opportunities, and there is definitely a lack of supply for the housing market. Getting back the Airbnb would help with the mass tourism (which is an issue of its own), but the housing crisis might still be there for a while.
-
This post did not contain any content.
Spain is cracking down on this according to a local when I was there recently.
