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Bild - Anders Lund Hansen

Anders Lund Hansen

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Bild - Anders Lund Hansen

I værste fald kan Airbnb gøre folk hjemløse

Author

  • Louise Fabian
  • Anders Lund Hansen

Summary, in English

In 2015 the Airbnb headquarters in San Francisco were occupied by housing activists who protested against the city's increasing housing prises. They pointed out how Airbnb's short-term rentals in the city lead to gentrification and to local residents being displaced from their homes. As a result, many people become homeless and can not return to the city again. Airbnb is no longer the sharing-economic success story it appeared to be. Is the sharing economy, in fact, as some activists' banners stated a 'taking economy'; Is Airbnb about sharing or commodification? In this article we discuss the consequences of Airbnb in Barcelona and Copenhagen. We hope to raise awareness about the flipside of Airbnb and thus contribute to an informed debate about regulation of short and long-term subletting.

Department/s

  • Department of Human Geography

Publishing year

2017-12-19

Language

Danish

Pages

32-32

Publication/Series

Berlingske

Document type

Newspaper article

Topic

  • Human Geography

Status

Published