[dorchadas]

The pandemic literally caused housing supply in Dublin Ireland to double due to people fleeing the short-term rental market when tourism dried up. We're talking from ~1600 listings to 3000+. Even if it doesn't affect cost, which is ludicrous given those numbers, it's certainly affecting the supply at a huge rate.

[skystarman]

You're attributing the surge in rental supply in a major city during the pandemic entirely to Airbnb?

This is really lazy, unserious analysis.

Housing supply in cities across the entire western world shrank because people were working remotely and fleeing urban centers which were shut down and huge centers of spread.

So no. Not just Airbnb.

[dorchadas]

No, it was a good chunk of AirBnB: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/world/europe/airbnb-dubli...