USA Today interviewed Thomas Davidofff, a professor of housing economics at UBC Sauder School of Business, for a story on the ability for Airbnb hosts to also hire themselves out as tour guides.
Davidoff addressed the argument that short-term rental platforms contribute to the lack of affordable housing by pushing people from their homes that are used as lucrative short-term rentals.
“I haven’t seen anybody put forth reasonable numbers that indicate that there is large price impact for people struggling with affordability. Not to say it isn’t there, but I haven’t seen convincing documentation,” he said.
