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Airbnb has destroyed housing market for young people trying to get out of their parents' homes in all major Western European cities
What if we all just move into airbnbs and refuse to leave
I'll be going in front of a venture capital roundtable tomorrow with my idea for Squatter.home, a web site where you can find unoccupied properties and occupy them for a VERY reasonable finder's fee.
There is something like this in London, England. I can't remember the name right now though.
That's why police exist.
Sounds like someone who's never called the police for something like this. More likely than not they'll tell you it's a civil matter and they can't do anything without a court order.
Outside america where police violence usually involve deadly shooting and they usually happy to do so, it takes more than police to evict someone.
I thought states also required a crane as well every so often?
Not exactly an eviction, but they might just take the home down around you. https://wwmt.com/news/local/kalamazoo-landlord-looks-for-answers-after-home-gets-demolished-in-standoff
What're they gonna do if you refuse to leave tho? Stay there until you comply?? No sir, I cannot be forced to quarter troops!!
(This is a joke. I'm aware they'd just use force lol.)
Interesting. I thought it was just the US and Canada where AirBnb was messing up housing for new buyers (as well as taking away options from renters).
I think it was Britain that recently made headway on changing their housing laws to put a halt on Airbnb screwing up the economy on people who need homes. Canada are just catching up to it. in some places in Canada there are 7 empty houses to each homeless person. They are just changing the laws now. Even people who have jobs can’t afford a home. It’s so absolutely stupid airbnb went unchecked.
Same for Malaysia. Lot and lot of highrise are build for exactly this purpose. High cost, "luxury" looking design, and boasting a "mall" just below the highrise. The result is a tons of dead mall, empty apartments, empty house, and unaffordable housing.
The government then regulate it, where they allow these place to continue to run but only on "commercial building", which mean only on these highrise build for the purpose of short term renting. It still doesn't solve the fundamental issue but at least we have law to combat these.