January 12, 2017
OAKLAND — Airbnb landlords came out in force Thursday evening to defend the short-term rental platform, occasionally sparring with affordable housing advocates as they implored city officials not to restrict their ability to rent their homes. During a two-hour meeting at City Hall, two-dozen Oakland residents — most of them Airbnb supporters — talked about how the platform helped them afford to keep their homes, or about how their guests brought money to neighborhood businesses. “Short-term rentals changed my life in a positive way,” said William Shuford, who said he would have lost his Oakland home if he had not been able to rent it on Airbnb while he was in Detroit making arrangements after his father’s death…
Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/12/oakland-airbnb-landlords-affordable-housing-advocates-face-off-at-city-meeting/
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