Critical urbanist, Canada Research Chair in Urban Governance, and director of the Urban Politics and Governance research group (UPGo) at McGill University
Nov 12, 2019 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Report release day! Thrilled to announce the release of "Short-term rentals in Halifax: An UPGo city spotlight", available for download now!
If you're interested in a quick look at the numbers and implications, this thread has you covered.
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The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) had 2,420 active STRs on Aug 31, 2019, which is a 19% year-over-year increase. They earned $30.9 million last year.
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Jan 30, 2018 • 23 tweets • 8 min read
I'm very excited to announce the release of "The High Cost of Short-term Rentals in New York City", my team's new analysis of Airbnb's impact on NYC. The report is available here:
Over the next few tweets I'm going to highlight the key findings.
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First, a word about methodology. Using some new techniques for spatial inference (which we'll be publishing in a data science journal), my team has produced what I think is the most rigorous, accurate, comprehensive spatial analysis of short-term rentals to date.
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