‘This is not a World Cup for the people’: residents in host cities sound alarm over housing affordability
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More than 10 million people are expected to visit the US for the World Cup this summer. However, where and how to accommodate these visitors has been a concern among residents and affordable housing advocates in host cities from Seattle to Atlanta.
Hotels remain under-booked in America’s 11 host cities, while short-term rental listings in some cities have increased by as much as 30% in recent weeks. To incentivize homeowners and landlords to become hosts during the World Cup, platforms such as Airbnb are offering a $750 sign-up bonus, with some rental listings already reaching $6,000 a night. Advocates worry that an increase in short-term listings will lead to a tighter rental market and higher rents for residents in host cities.
Hard to look at 10 million and not question the official narrative.
On one hand hotels remain under-booked in America’s 11 host cities, while short-term rental listings in some cities have increased by as much as 30% in recent weeks. But at the same time more than 10 million people are expected to visit the US for the World Cup this summer.
The bigger issue here is more than 10 million people are expected to visit the US for the World Cup this summer. That changes the calculation.
World Cup has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
The fact that more than 10 million people are expected to visit the US for the World Cup this summer really puts things into perspective.
Reading that more than 10 million people are expected to visit the US for the World Cup this summer — hard to argue with the logic there.
The detail about hotels remain under-booked in America’s 11 host cities, while short-term rental listings in some cities have increased by as much as 30% in recent weeks is something people should sit with.
The fact that hotels remain under-booked in America’s 11 host cities, while short-term rental listings in some cities have increased by as much as 30% in recent weeks really puts things into perspective.
What stands out is more than 10 million people are expected to visit the US for the World Cup this summer. That is the part worth paying attention to.
The bigger issue here is hotels remain under-booked in America’s 11 host cities, while short-term rental listings in some cities have increased by as much as 30% in recent weeks. That changes the calculation.
Basically hotels remain under-booked in America’s 11 host cities, while short-term rental listings in some cities have increased by as much as 30% in recent weeks. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
In other words more than 10 million people are expected to visit the US for the World Cup this summer. Curious to see how this develops.