December 4, 2016
Black and Asian homeowners get less rent on Airbnb than white people with similar properties in the same area, a study has found. This ethnic price gap, which is an average 6% for London properties on the house-share platform, is a result of guests discriminating against hosts from an ethnic background, according to research by Warwick University. It was found, however, that this disparity shrank with the more reviews that a property had and for listings with 20 or more reviews it disappeared…
Source: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rent-racism-hits-airbnbs-ethnic-hosts-hbrqw7kxc
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