Airbnb can’t go on unregulated – it does too much damage to cities | Steven Poole

Barcelona is an extreme case, but certainly the law needs to catch up so Airbnb doesn’t price locals out of their communityRemember the “sharing economy”? That rhetoric looks more comically disingenuous than ever in light of the news that a single Airbnb user in Barcelona is managing a portfolio of properties that brings in an eye-watering £33,000 a day in high season. Old neighbourhoods are being overrun with short-term tourists and shops selling souvenir tat. Rents for