I'm curious, what negative impact did it have?
I'm curious, what negative impact did it have?
2- Rent prices have skyrocketed, as landlords prefer to rent by night and have lower occupancy, than rent for a long term.
3- Buildings with apartments that are meant for Airbnb lose a sense of community as you can't trust the people you see in the common areas.
At the same time, low interest rates made it possible for individuals to leverage up on real estate and suck up valuable housing supply from precisely the kind of places that needs it the most - popular cities where tourists like to go. Cheaper rooms also added to the boom of tourism by making it possible for more tourists to travel to said cities.
I see this as a regulatory failure. Airbnb's objective was to move fast and break things, and they broke the social contract and allowed people to sidestep the process required to become a hotel.