A Look at Airbnb’s Role in S.F. Housing Shortage

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This analysis suggests that many vacant properties may be converted to short-term rentals because doing so would make them more profitable than long-term rentals. Chart from 'The Impact of Airbnb on the San Francisco Housing Crisis,' by Alex Marqusee

By Lydia Chávez, Mission Local

While the Board of Supervisors debates revisions to regulations on short-term rentals, expected next month, Airbnb—the $20 billion behemoth that dominates this industry—is busily marshaling U.S. Census data to defend its business.

Its recent 10-page report on its impact on the city’s housing calls accounts of thousands of housing units being removed from the rental market “both baseless and mathematically impossible.”

Read the complete story at Mission Local. 
 

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