Article 3Y37G Don’t blame Airbnb for rise in rents | Letter

Don’t blame Airbnb for rise in rents | Letter

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Placing restrictions on the sharing economy will not help locals and will be bad for consumers

Gaby Hinsliff's article (31 August) blames Airbnb for rising rents that squeeze out young locals from cities such as Barcelona.

The open-source Inside Airbnb website shows there are just over 17,000 listings in Barcelona - a city in which there are more than 800,000 homes.

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