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indyradio

@ShaulaEvans
They 100% suck. I did not think I'd ever use them, but was in a situation where is seemed the best solution.
You can meet nice people and complete assholes closer up than in any motel.
Besides that, there is a list of horrors you probably know.
Opportunistic Zionism is one.
They did business in illegal settlements until there was an outcry, and might still be doing it quietly for all we know.
That's only one reason to avoid #airbnb

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MikeDunnAuthor

Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb are suing San Francisco, asking for more than $320 million in tax refunds, while SF is demanding austerity from its employees to pay for it. This while the city deals with an $800 million deficit over the next 2 years.

Keep in mind, those same companies already demanded, and won, huge tax breaks by getting the city to rewrite its tax law, transferring more of the tax burden onto smaller companies.

Keep in mind, these 3 SF companies wouldn't even be rich and successful if SF hadn't allowed them to break the law their first couple of years in existence, allowing huge profits, by allowing them to skip out of the medallion fees that cab companies had to pay, and skirting the law that prohibited short term rentals without paying hotel tax. This, thanks to former mayor Ed Lee.

And their defense?

"We aren't companies. We're apps. We don't have to pay minimum wages, taxes, benefits"

48hills.org/2025/04/the-budget

48 hills · Budget battle begins as labor, CBOs push back against brutal Lurie cuts - 48 hillsWhy does a city with 85 billionaires and big tech companies that want tax breaks have to settle for austerity?
#sanfrancisco#taxes#uber
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MediaFaro Analysis

The end of the golden age for Airbnb rentals in certain French cities.

In an effort to address the housing crisis, certain cities such as Biarritz have decided to impose much stricter rules on secondary residences and short-term rental owners.

mediafaro.org/article/20250430

The 'Grande Plage' of Biarritz, April 2023. | GAIZKA IROZ/AFP
Le Monde · The end of the golden age for Airbnb rentals in certain French cities.By Véronique Chocron
#AirBnB#Housing#HousingCrisis
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Michal Špondr

#Airbnb už není symbolem levného ubytování. Hledal jsem ubytování v Chebu pro rodinu na konec května a 5-6 tisíc Kč za noc v obyčejných bytech je prostě moc. S booking.com jsem našel za poloviční cenu celkem hezký moderní apartmán.

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OMG 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 :linux:

Das muss in D flächendeckend durchgesetzt werden.
Zusätzlich ein Mietendeckel und Mietensenke auf Normalwert.

Dings ist auch, das die meisten Mietverträge inkludieren, dass Übergewinn durch Untervermietung an Vermieter abzutreten ist und die fristlose Kündigung erfolgt.

Die Übereignung an Vermieter muss wiederum an die Stadt gehen, sonst profitieren Eigentümer von AirBnB-Strohmänner, die Untervermieten.

Wenn Übermiete von 1000€ in der Woche eingenommen wird ist klar, dass diese "Mieter auch 2.000-2.5000€ Miete pro Monat zahlen würden.

Das ist Kontrollverlust, wer im Land ist, Kontrollverlust über den Wohnungsmarkt, Kontrollverlust über Durchsetzung von Gesetz und Grundversorgung, Kontrollverlust über Mieterschutz und Mieterrecht.

Abgesehen davon, dass die Unbehelligten komische neoliberale Höhenflüge bekommen und mit den Einnahmen das Geschäft oder andere gesellschaftszerstörende Dinge finanzieren.

Folge dem Geld.

tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbr

#Korruption#Übermiete#MieteAufZeit
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