Housing under Platform Capitalism : The Contentious Regulation of Short-Term Rentals in European Cities.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aguilera, Thomas.

Contributor:

Artioli, Francesca.

Colomb, Claire.

Series:

IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rental housing--Law and legislation--European Union countries--21st century.

Rental housing.

Rent control--European Union countries--21st century.

Rent control.

Vacation rentals--Law and legislation--European Union countries--21st century.

Vacation rentals.

Tourism and city planning--European Union countries--21st century.

Tourism and city planning.

Electronic commerce.

Disruptive technologies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2025.

Summary:

Since 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. Drawing 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. In some cities, policies aim to curb this practice; in others, regulations are simply meant to support the market. These responses are motivated by a variety of political choices and pressures, from grassroots movements to property interests, the tourism industry, and municipal welfare and housing systems. This book makes a crucial contribution to comparative urban politics in the twenty-first century, investigating the capacity of local states to govern housing markets and platform capitalism in an era of globalized human and capital flows. In the face of this worldwide shift, Housing Under Platform Capitalism insists that institutions and regulations can champion the public good by protecting the right to housing and ultimately limiting corporate power.

Contents:

The rise of short-term rentals : between corporate platforms, tourism flows and housing assetisation

Theorising and researching the regulation of platform-mediated short-term rental housing

The three worlds of short-term rental regulation in European cities

The paths to regulation : emergence and institutionalisation of different STR rules in Barcelona, Paris and Milan

A challenging implementation : regulatory enforcement in the digital age

Platform power, grassroots mobilisations and political clienteles

The judicalization and transnationalisation of local conflicts : the European Union as a regulatory battleground

Conclusion : urban platform capitalism, governability and democracy

Appendix : note on methods and data sources.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-520-41809-3

OCLC:

1519987374