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TJR843 t1_jdjcydo wrote

Fuck air BNB. They destroy neighborhoods and raise everyone's rent/housing prices.

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Bentstrings84 t1_jdjrux3 wrote

Sadly too many in Canada see that as a benefit of Airbnb.

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5AlarmFirefly t1_jdleznc wrote

No doubt. It's absolutely nuts trying to find an apartment in this city. Every listing has hundreds of people interested and prices have skyrocketed. Meanwhile I looked up how many airbnbs are in my neighbourhood and on my block alone there were at least 20. I would love it if someone actually fucking did something about it.

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gmo_patrol t1_jdr3gyn wrote

If I buy a house and if I make more money with airbnb than renting or selling, why wouldn't I?

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TJR843 t1_jdrfpn2 wrote

If personal gain is the only factor in your decision making, then that says a whole hell of a lot about you as a person. Knowing that opening an airbnb, or raising the rent exorbitantly will hurt your neighbors and that neighborhood as a whole and doing it anyway is nothing short of disgusting and immoral.

Housing isn't a want, people need to have a roof over their heads. Turning single family dwellings into the equivalent of a single hotel room is simply bad for society. You wanna go be a hotelier? Go open a hotel.

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gmo_patrol t1_jdrmo2r wrote

How will turning it into an air bnb hurt neighbors?

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TJR843 t1_jdrnx8a wrote

Causes rents to skyrocket, causes issues for neighbors especially those in the immediate vicinity, breaks up the sense of community and culture neighbors have and pushes lower income people out. Know what happens when you open Airbnbs in a city's China Town? Your city no longer has a China Town.

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gmo_patrol t1_jds9012 wrote

So air bnb charges more than landlords? Why wouldn't landlords jack up prices as much if they feel they can?

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TJR843 t1_jdsqwif wrote

>So air bnb charges more than landlords?

Per day yes. Also you don't need to have a lease or a tenant with rights when it's a bill per day situation.

>Why wouldn't landlords jack up prices as much if they feel they can?

They do.. Also companies exist that employ algorithms to sell to land leeches landlords to calculate rents/air bnbs/estimated mortgage payments in a given area among other factors to help them jack up the prices every chance they get. It's a big fucking problem.

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Bon-_-Ivermectin t1_jdxjdpy wrote

Dude hell yeah brother piss yeah shit yeah dude what's your full name, picture, phone number, and address where you live right now currently?

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fancykindofbread t1_jdm2y7l wrote

Airbnb is not the problem. Rent control, rent stabilization and zoning are the problem. If you want to do things to combat it, just do progressive increasing taxes on each Airbnb unit so income on the subsequent Airbnb is higher (ie 10%, 25%, 40% etc).

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