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Mother_Willow1095 t1_jdgwh87 wrote

Reply to comment by hjd-1 in The 'Airbnbust' proves the Wild West days of online vacation rentals are over by amhais

Yeah true. I read something recently on manhattan landlords doings this. For that reason and so they dont have to fix the rent controlled units in buildings

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hjd-1 t1_jdi5cka wrote

Totally. It’s really shitty. I forget the percentage of purposely vacant apartments owned by investors in the city, but I think it was like 40%. Which should be criminal.

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hjd-1 t1_jdi5ftb wrote

For comparison, I think VT’s vacancy rate is 0.5%…

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