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Airbnb Is Not Responsible for Our Housing Crisis

Airbnb is an easy target. Any change makes people uneasy, and innovations like these are definitely a change.
Airbnb Is Not Responsible for Our Housing Crisis
A woman browses the Airbnb website on a tablet in Berlin on April 28, 2016. John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images
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The latest alibi for Australia’s housing crisis is short-stay accommodation operations like Airbnb and Stayz.

Graham Young
Graham Young
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Graham Young is the executive director of the Australian Institute for Progress. He is the editor and founder of OnlineOpinion.com.au and has conducted qualitative polling on Australian politics since 2001. Mr. Young has contributed to The Australian newspaper, The Australian Financial Review, and is a regular on ABC Radio Brisbane.
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