Last week @HazelChu criticised the government for not doing anything to stop the ludicrous situation whereby we put tourists into houses and people who need houses into hotels.

But I guess there's more money to be made from the status quo.

The €6.7m that the government paid for the use of this Rathmines hotel over ten months works out at €8,600 per room per month. If you bought houses for those people you'd have got your money back in two years.

https://archive.fo/DpNUa

#AskFedi

Planning a trip to #Finland in early August. Looking for accommodation (3 adults & 5 nights) in or near #Tampere that is within public transport reach.

Are there any local or national holiday rental portals that you can recommend? Or listings pages for summer houses? Places you know?

I want to avoid big US-owned brokers like booking.com or #airBnB. I'm not using any of the various #Meta platforms (no FB, Insta or WhatsApp groups, please).

Boost welcome!

We're accommodating tourists in houses and people in need of housing in hotels, and many in this government don't seem to see the need to change that.

#Housing #AirBnB

https://extrag.ie/2025/04/09/nuacht/polaitiocht/airi-cosc-ar-dhli-airbnb/

#AirBnb (San Rafael, California) bought themselves some political attack mailers in #Washington.

#housing #WAPol
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How many notifications? One? Two? None?

Thanks @sobersolar for the picture

SPAIN
Mass Protests Over Soaring Housing Costs

Tens of thousands marched in Madrid, Barcelona, & beyond.
Rents have doubled in a decade; public housing is just 2% vs EU avg of 7%.
Airbnb & hedge fund speculation blamed; gov’t rent caps seen as too limited.
Young people say they’re forced to live with parents or pay 40%+ of income in rent.

#Airbnb è diventato più esigente e richiede un po' di ginastica mentale per poter entrare, credo che rinuncero' per oggi, mica è urgente #captcha

Flight bookings from Canada to the United States are down an incredible 72% year over year for the entire summer.

#AirBNB host: I don't understand why my #Florida rental bookings are down?

Replies: Travel advisories against U.S. and detention of foreign nationals basically halted international bookings. Lots of fired feds, fear of #recession, soft #boycott of red states halted domestic. Lower your rates and good luck.

https://www.reddit.com/r/airbnb_hosts/comments/1jikfd1/need_advice_on_sudden_downturn_were_experiencing/

Deactivated my #AirBnB account.
I already deleted my Amazon account stuff.

Île-Bizard residents didn’t get the proper tourism registration number to list their home on a short-term rental site. They were fined for doing so.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/revenue-quebec-fines-short-term-rental-1.7490270
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Des résidents de l’Île Bizard n'ont pas reçu de numéro d'enregistrement touristique approprié pour inscrire leur maison sur un site de location à court terme. Ils ont été mis à l’amende pour l'avoir fait.

// Article en anglais //

A proposito della donazione di Airbnb a sei organizzazioni non profit italiane https://altreconomia.it/a-proposito-della-donazione-di-airbnb-a-sei-organizzazioni-non-profit-italiane/ #CooperativasocialeviteveredownDADI #D.i.ReDonneinretecontrolaviolenza #Cooperativasocialeincontroonlus #FondazioneAsiloMariucciaOnlus #Airbnbcommunityfund #giacimentiurbani #gentrificazione #LaGrandecasa #overtourism #Attualità #Firenze #Airbnb #keybox

The technical sophistication of the heist doesn’t make it any less of a heist.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-great-tech-heist-how-disruption-became-a-euphemism-for-theft

Joan Westenberg drives the point home by laying out why and how so-called “disruptive” tech startups adopt lawless predatory behaviors while bringing little value at the expense of workers rights and wellbeing. It’s a sharp critical piece that also proposes ideas to turn this situation around.

↬ @alcinnz

https://p.xuv.be/quoting-joan-westenberg

Ich werde im April und Mai in Deutschland sein.
Also... Was ist die Alternative zu #Booking und #airbnb ?

Voy a estar en Alemania durante Abril y Mayo.
Entonces... cuál es la alternativa a #Booking y #airbnb ?