Does having an AirBNB setup make someone deserving of the guillotine or does that only apply to owners of multiple houses? What about apartments?

Please explain your reasoning as well.

  • Phegan@lemmy.world
    26·
    9 months ago

    If you are making money on a place where someone lives then it all counts.

    Airbnb is worse than traditional landlords because they remove supply for people to live (excluding shared spaces).

    • DavidDoesLemmy
      95·
      9 months ago

      What if you need to move interstate for work for a year. Are you meant to sell your house? And incur all the selling and buying costs? Are you meant to leave it vacant for a year? Or are you meant to let people stay in it for free?

      It makes sense to rent it out for the year, and rent yourself in the other state.

      • hglman@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        You’re right; lots of shitty edge cases exist. If you are trading 1 for 1 it’s not the core issue.

      • Phegan@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 months ago

        The long term solution to this is high quality public housing allowing people to move when needed. It’s a bit of a pipe dream in our current world, but if we are talking edge cases, I can be idealistic.

        Ownership isn’t for everyone, that’s okay, but profiting from a basic need for another human, shelter, is immortal. We should be a society that provides basic needs to people without allowing others to exploit them for profit.

        I am not saying everyone must own, and you can’t rent, but it’s the profiteering I have a problem with, not the need for someone to live or move.

      • june@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        I struggled with this a lot when I got a roommate last year that’s paying rent.

        I’ve come to terms with it recognizing that we are supporting each other. I’m supporting them by providing them a stable and affordable place to live, and they’re supporting me by helping me make ends meet, especially in a time when I’m unemployed. I’m not profiting off of them or taking a living space from another family. I also plan to calculate the portion of equity they contribute to the mortgage and give it to them whenever I wind up selling.