The Memo – Airbnb cowboys are making our housing crisis worse

October 10, 2016
Airbnb moguls “universally ignore” rules to list hundreds of properties online. You’d think a platform that lets us fill our spare rooms would be a benefit to over-populated cities. But, as letters ignore regulation en masse, the exact opposite could be true. This weekend an investigation uncovered that planning laws are routinely broken, as much-needed housing is being bought up solely to be let on Airbnb…
Source: http://www.thememo.com/2016/10/10/airbnb-regulation-property-mogul-london-property-cowboy-airbnb-laws-housing-crisis/