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TJR843 t1_jdrfpn2 wrote

Reply to comment by gmo_patrol in All unauthorized Airbnb listings in Quebec to be removed from app, company says by girlfreddyf

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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