thetenssf: thetenssf:Airbnb is taking over San Francisco, causing long-time tenants to be evicted
thetenssf: thetenssf: Airbnb is taking over San Francisco, causing long-time tenants to be evicted so that landlords can turn what should be homes into hotels. Removing rental units from the market like this is a driving cause of the ridiculously rising rents in the City. This is a photo taken from space by Commander Scott Kelly with Anti-Eviction Mapping Project’s map of Airbnb units laid on it. Please, if you live in SF, vote Yes on Prop F, which places reasonable regulations on the industry that will ensure the entire city doesn’t turn into tourist rentals. Why is Airbnb bad for cities? Because it takes rental units and homes off the market and turns them into hotels, thus driving up rents.Here’s Carlos Carbajal, a San Francisco man who has taken 9 units off the market and brags about all the money he is making. https://www.quora.com/Does-it-make-financial-sense-to-buy-a-property-for-the-exclusive-use-of-renting-out-through-Airbnb/answer/Carlos-CarbajalHere’s a four-block area in Los Angeles with 230 listings!: https://www.quora.com/Does-it-make-financial-sense-to-buy-a-property-for-the-exclusive-use-of-renting-out-through-AirbnbHere’s Airbnb offering “hand-crafted” tours of the Mission, a neighborhood they are helping to destroy by pushing out latino residents: http://sfist.com/2015/10/27/airbnb_is_charging.phpHere’s “Brad”, who refuses to give his real name, bragging about how much money he is making hotels out of units that should be for San Francisco residents: http://www.fastcompany.com/3021179/secrets-of-running-a-six-figure-airbnb-businessHere’s Airbnb raking in $40 million in New York through illegal listings: http://nypost.com/2014/10/16/airbnb-nets-40m-in-illegal-ny-listings-schneiderman/Here’s a shooting at home in New York that was being rented out on Airbnb: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/queens-homeowner-asleep-airbnb-shooting-article-1.2412176Here’s why Prop F is a reasonable set of a regulations that you should vote Yes on: https://pleblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/i-have-read-prop-f-and-it-is-a-perfectly-normal-and-reasonable-piece-of-legislation/ -- source link