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Airbnb changed cities: Can local rules reclaim housing for residents?

Housing Under Platform Capitalism

The Contentious Regulation of Short-Term Rentals in European Cities

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    466 pages

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    5 September 2025

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Summary

Fifteen years after the birth of Airbnb in 2008, many of the world’s cities have been transformed by platform-mediated short-term accommodation—a phenomenon suspected of disturbing local life and removing dwellings from local housing inventories. Based on mixed-method, multi-level comparative research in twelve large European cities, coauthors Thomas Aguilera, Francesca Artioli, and Claire Colomb show that strikingly different regulatory regimes have emerged around short-term rentals.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780520418080
ISBN-10:0520418085
Author:Thomas Aguilera, Francesca Artioli, Claire Colomb
Publisher:University of California Press
Imprint:University of California Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:466
Release Date:5 September 2025
Weight:1.45kg
Dimensions:30mm x 152mm x 229mm
Series:IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change
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About The Author

Thomas Aguilera

Thomas Aguilera is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po Rennes - University of Rennes, France.

Francesca Artioli is Assistant Professor of Spatial Planning and Urban Policies at the Université Paris-Est Créteil, France.

Claire Colomb is Professor of Land Economy (Planning, Public Policy, and Urban Studies) at the University of Cambridge, UK.

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