@Angie-And-Bob0 @Rebecca and others
We found this interesting discussion document from Australia in relation to Airbnb and opinions that may be of interest as to how some of us have found ourselves stuck in the unusual discriminatory and bureaucratic messy situations we find ourselves caught in the crossfire of.
Unfortunately this type of analysis below is based on "Data Mining / Web scrapping of Statistical (?) Information which as we know is not necessarily accurate, correct or applicable to our lives and likely to be flawed as it fails to factor into account each individuals personal reasoning for using Airbnb or whatever platform to advertise that way.
One only needs to look through this community forum to see that there is a small number of contributors who write daily the same answers and opinions about matters which is likely to result in a disproportionate and flawed result, as would be the result of any Data Mining without factoring into account each persons unique reasoning for using ABB as a platform to network and contributions to society in general.
One would reasonably expect there to be similar documents as the one in the Legal Institute Database below lurking in various countries.
@Tara-Bunch @Brian perhaps this is an avenue ABB can look into from legal avenues and undertaking your own more accurate research to bring back the balance in the lives of those who joined ABB to help what we personally have referred to as the 'Hidden Homeless' in our communities, that of people between flats, needing a Billet type of accommodation, moving to another country to create a new life, those on Working Holiday visa's and in general trying to assimilate into Living like a Local and who may not fit into the limited Tick the Box Bureaucratic Stereotyping that has perhaps not kept up with the evolution of society. Thanks in advance
Select Committee of the Legislative Council on Short Stay Accommodation in Tasmania - Report (T Pp 2019 no 12) [2019] TasLCSelCPubInq 1 (1 January 2019)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/other/tas/TasLCSelCPubInq/2019/1.html
According to the LGAT submission, there are three main ways that people
temporarily share (short term) housing in exchange for money. They are:
1. A host rents out a space in their home (primary residence) while they
remain in the property;
2. A host rents out most or all of their home (primary residence) while they
stay elsewhere temporarily; and
3. A dwelling is not occupied by a permanent resident but is rented for
many short term stays all year long. 3
The LGAT submission continued:
Evidence suggests that there has been a shift from letting a private room in a
home where the host resides. In many communities around the world where
1 Local Government Association of Tasmania, 2018, Submission #148, p. 1.
2 Cassandra Pybus, 2018, Submission #1, p. 1.
3 Local Government Association of Tasmania, 2018, Submission #148, p. 3.
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Airbnb exists, there is little left of the platforms original concept, that is
‘sharing’ unused spaces (usually a private bedroom) with visitors and
possibly establishing a (temporary) personal connection with them, similar
to a bed and breakfast. While private rooms are still offered in residents’
homes, what is also on offer now is a substantial number of entire homes and
apartments. Indeed, it is now common in most places around the world to
have the majority of listings being made up of entire homes/apartments that
are routinely available for over 60 days per year. In Tasmania, for example,
of the 4421 properties listed as being available on Airbnb, 76.3% are entire
homes or apartments and 84.4% of all the listings are available for greater
than 60 days per year.
Entire homes/apartments that are highly available and rented frequently
year-round to temporary residents probably don’t have an owner present.
Where present in high numbers in a particular location, this type of
accommodation is increasingly seen by many as displacing locals and
contributing to a negative change in the amenity and liveability of the local
communities.