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KITTYONFYRE t1_j7lo8qd wrote

the issue is housing in general. this isn't unique to vermont.

how many AirBNBs laid simply dormant for 6 months of the year before, but are now rented out just in the winter when the boomer owners go down to florida to stay warm? vs how many are actually bought just for short term rental? I'm sure I'll get a ton of anecdotal replies to this comment and no actual statistics. I don't know if these statistics actually even exist or not to be fair though.

i'm not a property owner btw

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trueg50 t1_j7p1gye wrote

Somehow airbnb is a magic scapegoat for all property and housing issues. People don't realize how many regular people use the system renting out their own property, or how much the hotels would love to squash the competition they have to deal with. It's easier to blame one company than to face the fact that Vermont will always have housing shortages due to its very conservative nature. Until towns allow actual dense housing or many environmental regulations magically "go away" nothing will change.

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bobsizzle t1_j7ojv0g wrote

I plan on doing this. The problem isn't individuals, it's corporations buying up several homes, condos, etc or people buying property just for the income. I plan on traveling a lot and instead of my home sitting empty weeks at a time, I'll be using air BNB.

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random_vermonter t1_j7mszrb wrote

Who cares if something is or isn't unique to Vermont? Unless you've been living under a rock (which I highly suspect), Vermont has a housing crisis that's compounded by a lack of rentable units AND people/corps buying up houses to rent on AirBnB. This is a problem that has to be solved.

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KITTYONFYRE t1_j7na69b wrote

is it actually compounded? by how much? you’re not presenting statistics of how many homes which would have otherwise been on the market for long term rental have instead moved to short term. i hear a lot of anecdotal reports and whining but no actual evidence of the problem’s size

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