June 2, 2016
The Seattle Times reports that Mayor Ed Murray and City Councilmember Tim Burgess are proposing to crack down on Airbnb-style rentals in Seattle. They believe that apartments are being converted to short-term rental units, displacing long-term renters and impacting Seattle’s housing supply. “We have whole floors of apartment buildings that have been taken off the housing market,” Burgess told the Times. “We have entire buildings that essentially have become hotels.”…
Source: http://crosscut.com/2016/06/airbnb-making-rent-too-damn-high/
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