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When Tourists Move In: How Should Urban Planners Respond to Airbnb?

Journal of the American Planning Association, 2017-01, Vol.83 (1), p.80-92 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Nicole Gurran and Peter Phibbs. Published with license by Taylor & Francis. 2016 ;American Planning Association, Chicago, IL. ;ISSN: 0194-4363 ;EISSN: 1939-0130 ;DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2016.1249011 ;CODEN: JAPAD9

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  • Title:
    When Tourists Move In: How Should Urban Planners Respond to Airbnb?
  • Author: Gurran, Nicole ; Phibbs, Peter
  • Subjects: Accommodation ; Airbnb ; Boundaries ; Cities ; Competition ; Housing ; housing affordability ; Housing costs ; Housing market ; housing supply ; Internet ; Land use ; land use planning ; Local government ; Local planning ; Municipalities ; Neighborhoods ; Neighbors ; Noise reduction ; Parking ; Parliamentary ; Planners ; Prices ; Regulation ; Regulations ; Rental housing ; Rentals ; Research methods ; Residential areas ; Residential development ; Tourist areas ; Tourists ; Traffic planning ; Urban planning ; Zoning
  • Is Part Of: Journal of the American Planning Association, 2017-01, Vol.83 (1), p.80-92
  • Description: Problem, research strategy, and findings: The online accommodation platform Airbnb has expanded globally, raising substantial planning and regulatory concerns. We ask whether Airbnb rentals generate significant neighborhood impacts like noise, congestion, and competition for parking; reduce the permanent rental housing supply and increase rental prices; or provide income opportunities that help "hosts" afford their own housing. We focus on Sydney, the largest region in Australia with 4.4 million people in 28 individual municipalities, which has experienced both rapidly rising housing costs and exponential growth in Airbnb listings since 2011. Airbnb's growth has raised concerns serious enough to result in a formal Parliamentary Inquiry by the state of New South Wales. We analyze stakeholder submissions to this inquiry and review local planning regulations, Airbnb listings data, and housing market and census statistics. We find that online homesharing platforms for visitor accommodations blur traditional boundaries between residential and tourist areas so Airbnb listings may fall outside of existing land use regulations or evade detection until neighbors complain. Our findings are constrained by the difficulties of monitoring online operations and the rapid changes in the industry. Takeaway for practice: Planners and policymakers in cities with increasing numbers of Airbnb rentals need to review how well local planning controls manage the neighborhood nuisances, traffic, and parking problems that may be associated with them while acting to protect the permanent rental housing supply. Local planners need to ensure that zoning and residential development controls distinguish between different forms of short-term Airbnb accommodation listings and their potential impacts on neighborhoods and housing markets.
  • Publisher: Chicago: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0194-4363
    EISSN: 1939-0130
    DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2016.1249011
    CODEN: JAPAD9
  • Source: Taylor & Francis Open Access
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