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How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion (www.arktrek.shop)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Cops would rather beat up college students and the unhoused than go after landlords.

that's an expense that's hard to justify to taxpayers

Ah, yes. We don't have money because collecting taxes would be too expensive. Classic.

EDIT:

https://www.businessinsider.com/irs-tax-audits-recover-12-dollars-for-every-dollar-spent-2023-6?op=1

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean, paying to sue a massive company that definitely has more (and probably better) attorneys than we do in order to collect a few thousand dollars more a year in sales tax isn't necessarily the best use of city funds. If we were a bigger city, it would make more sense, but it would take us years just for the taxes to cover what we'd spend in attorneys fees and staff time. I don't like that that's the reality, but I can see why the idea isn't popular.

Also, the police aren't involved in regulating short-term rentals. I'm no fan of cops, but this is entirely civil and they have no part in this particular issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is it not tax evasion/fraud? In the US, either can bring criminal charges. For a smaller municipality, is there no assistance available from higher government?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No clue - most of that is either a department I'm not in and don't know much about, or it's way over my head. I'm just a mid-level peon. And politicians are the ones who have to give us the tools to actually do our jobs and all of these companies have deep pockets. That's the biggest impediment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That's fair.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Not being corrupted is just too darn expensive.