Last week, Airbnb, Inc. filed its long-awaited S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in anticipation of its Initial Public Offering (IPO). But Airbnb’s filing doesn’t address what should be top of mind for potential investors: namely, how much will the growing wave of city regulations around short-term rentals limit its growth? And […]

Addressing Airbnb’s IPO business: ahead of Airbnb’s anticipated initial public offering later this fall, Fairbnb asks to what degree are Airbnb’s revenues in Canada driven by listings that violate local laws, including public health measures?

Addendum_Sep_24_2020_final: We take a closer look at Airbnb activity in Toronto during Ontario’s province wide ban on short term rentals.   Listings that were highly active were concentrated in dense, high rise condo or apartment buildings, many of them located along the city’s central waterfront.  Two of these neighbourhoods have reported the highest number of recent […]

Dozens of affordable housing groups and community organizations that have long accused Airbnb of exacerbating housing shortages are taking their grievances to U.S. financial regulators just as the short-term rental giant prepares to go public.

45 Neighborhood, Housing Organizations Ask U.S. Regulators to Demand Accurate Financial, Risk Data from Company with Significant Credibility Issues SAN FRANCISCO, September 17, 2020 – Today, a letter signed by 45 neighborhood, community and affordable housing organizations from three continents and seven countries was sent to Jay Clayton, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]

Journal of Urban Economics, September 2020 n this paper, we assess the impact of Airbnb on housing rents and prices in the city of Barcelona. Examining very detailed data on rents and both transaction and posted prices, we use several econometric approaches that exploit the exact timing and geography of Airbnb activity in the city. These […]

“Beginning Sept. 10, 2020, short-term rental operators will need to start registering with the City in order to operate in Toronto,” the city said in a release on Tuesday. “Registration is a necessary first step to allow the city to effectively administer the new rules applicable to short-term rentals.”

Airbnb’s announcement on Thursday that the company will impose an indefinite global ban on all parties and events at properties booked through the online platform was met with skepticism by Toronto residents who have been fighting for years for tighter controls.

A court has dismissed a motion by seven short-term landlords to appeal the decision of a provincial tribunal that sided with the city’s regulations of Airbnb-style accommodation in November.

Residents of a central Calgary high-rise that has become a local hotspot for COVID-19 received on-site testing from Alberta Health Services Friday and Saturday, as case counts in the building continue to climb.