Airbnb: Why Should We Care? - 2nd in a series of posts on Airbnb/short-term rentals · The Bethlehem Gadfly

Airbnb: Why Should We Care? - 2nd in a series of posts on Airbnb/short-term rentals

Identifier: gadfly0049
Title: Airbnb: Why Should We Care? - 2nd in a series of posts on Airbnb/short-term rentals
Creator: Gallagher, Ed
Date: 2018/10/06
Description: The Gadfly likes to be in at the beginning. And he’s not on what for this blog’s purposes we are calling the “Airbnb issue.” There was a development in this issue yesterday, and we’ll get to that, but hold on for a post or two or three while Gadfly tries to wrap his wings around this issue, wonk fashion, that has been “brewing” (bad pun as you will see) for maybe two years. In the last post Gadfly provided some basic sources to establish a timeline. Check it out. A wave of the wings to Morning Call reporters Nicole and Matt and Daryl for providing the framework for us. The issue centers on neighbors’ reacting to a Bethlehem couple in the Northside historical district renting their home (and then homes) on a short-term basis. First things first, why should the general “we” of the City care? Why is Gadfly spending time on this? Why should you read on if you don’t live in the Northside Historical District?
Subject: Bethlehem, Airbnb, Serious Issues
Medium: blog post
Contributor: Gallagher, Ed
Publisher: The Bethlehem Gadfly
Language: English