That room would likely not have had a full Over $150 a night renting a hotel room (that’s $4,500 a month) for herself, her Goes (only partly in gest) like this: “I figure we can afford to retireįrom our last guest’s point of view, she would have spent Have pensions-in fact, we are on the “Freedom 95” plan-you know the one that This is a meaningful amount of income for us. Our family, and, as readers of OBJ may recall, we both work for a living, so The Hideaway generates between $1,100 and $1,500 a month for Our place (called the Hideaway) fits that need. Of women with high-risk pregnancies who need to lease space close to theĬivic Hospital. My wife and I have a 375 square foot, 3-room microsuite which we rent Here are three responses from Airbnb hosts-John McMahon, David BushĪnd OBJ contributor Bruce Firestone-which may help OBJ readers put that Limiting access to affordable housing in Ottawa: lobby group, We are disturbed by the one-sided views presented in a recent Aprilĩth, 2019 Ottawa Business Journal article, Airbnb, similar services In Defense of Airbnb: letter to the editor of OBJ, Ottawa Business Journal David Sali I hope it canīe part of your final report. If you areĪnyway, I include (below) our letter to the editor.
In any event, I believe the solution toĪffordable housing lies elsewhere-I have a few ideas on how to solve theĪffordable problem-and give people apartments for FREE. I really think many opponents of Airbnb are looking through the So, even if the city of Ottawa bans Airbnb tomorrow, thatġ-bedroom apartment will still be rented, but not to people who need it. That is not a misprint-ninety-five bucks a EMNPHC rents single moms 2 and 3-bedroom apartmentsįor as little as $95 a month. Maybe a $1,300 or $1,400 apartment on Airbnb) is NOT affordable underĪny circumstances to a single mom with 2 kids living on $1,400 of They believe that a $1,100 per month, 1-bedroom apartment in Ottawa (or OCH (Ottawa Community Housing), Emily Murphy Non-Profit HousingĬorporation (EMNPHC) and others, and I can tell you from experience that I am a passionate advocate for affordable housing and work with Wanted to send you a letter to the editor (OBJ’s David Sali) that threeĪirbnb hosts (me and my spouse, Dawn, Dave and Angela Bush, and Carianne Many people who attended your workshop also read an OBJ article about Fairbnb, ,
Of home-sharing written by yours truly and hosts David Bush and Johnīrian, hope all is well. Below you will find my note to Brian and also a defense Which no doubt brought forth many competing viewpoints on Airbnb, VRBO,Įxpedia et al. In June 2019, I wrote to city consultant Brian Bourns who had held a short-term rental workshop, , In defense of the sharing economy and in particular home-sharing platforms
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