Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions.

The End of Airbnb in New York::Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions.

  • randon31415@lemmy.worldEnglish
    285·
    1 year ago

    Downtown service businesses looking at empty offices due to WFH. “Well, at least people still come downtown for its hotels. Tourists still have lots of money to prop us up!” AirBnB gets banned, hotels start jacking up prices. “Well, #$%#.”

    I think offices into hotels would solve both problems, right?

    • FaeDrifter@midwest.socialEnglish
      37·
      1 year ago

      Hotels require a vastly more dense plumbing structure, I don’t think it’s easy or cheap to retrofit onto an office building.

      • Gyromobile@lemmy.worldEnglish
        112·
        1 year ago

        Hotels with dorm like shower systens maybe could work. I think something like a hostel.

        That being said you cant charge much when you are forcing customers to share bathrooms.

        • arefxEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          With enshittification and being one of the worlds top tourist cities of course you can! Just look what they charge for rent. Then LA and Chicago will follow suit ;)

        • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          Well, shared bathroom means zero stars so yeah, you basically can’t call it a hotel anymore.

        • GissaMittJobbEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Offices are different in the fact that they have way more interior space far away from windows as well.

          That’s generally going to be a hard sell, not to mention against zoning codes in many cases.