While I would be the last one to shed a tear for the hotel industry that's seeing it's too-old business model disrupted by airBnB and the likes, I feel like more regulation of the temporary hosting industry is needed.
What's to stop someone from acquiring a bunch of property in, say, Paris and put it all up on airBnB?
"What's the problem with that?" you ask? Well, this makes housing more expensive (you now have to compete with that industry), further gentrifies residential neighborhoods, and pushes the middle class further away from the desirable spots.
I haven't thought all of this through, but perhaps a rule requiring lodgers to live at least 1mo/year full time in the place for rent would be useful?
What's to stop someone from acquiring a bunch of property in, say, Paris and put it all up on airBnB?
"What's the problem with that?" you ask? Well, this makes housing more expensive (you now have to compete with that industry), further gentrifies residential neighborhoods, and pushes the middle class further away from the desirable spots.
I haven't thought all of this through, but perhaps a rule requiring lodgers to live at least 1mo/year full time in the place for rent would be useful?