Comment by nostromo

New York has 3.4 million housing units and Airbnb only has 13,415 highly available, entire unit listings. Is Airbnb really to blame for rising rents, or are people just looking for a scapegoat?

http://www.nyc.gov/html/housing/assets/downloads/pdf/housing...

It seems to me that if New York wants to reduce rents, they should build more housing.