• Naboo_calls_for_aid@sopuli.xyz
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    6 months ago

    Without the supply of homes going into shortterm rentals like VRBO it would increase supply for people who actually live in that city, travelers can use hotels. Not a full stop fix, but it would increase supply/lower rent.

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      6 months ago

      That would increase hotel prices, making hotel owners purchase more land and build hotels until the equilibrium price is reached

      It’s a short term fix that eventually loses to market forces

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        6 months ago

        Even if it ends in more hotels, hotels fit more people and supply more jobs than the equivalent space in houses. For temporary lodging houses don’t make sense.