Housing Under Platform Capitalism: The Contentious Regulation of Short-Term Rentals in European Cities...

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Thomas Aguilera Francesca Artioli

Housing Under Platform Capitalism

The Contentious Regulation of Short-Term Rentals in European Cities

Thomas Aguilera, Francesca Artioli, Claire Colomb

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English

University of California Press
17 June 2025

Geography

Series: IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change

Fifteen years after the birth of Airbnb in 2008, many of the world's cities have been transformed by platform-mediated short-term accommodation—a phenomenon suspected of disturbing local life and removing dwellings from local housing inventories. Based on mixed-method, multi-level comparative research in twelve large European cities, coauthors Thomas Aguilera, Francesca Artioli, and Claire Colomb show that strikingly different regulatory regimes have emerged around short-term rentals.

In some cities, policies aim to curb this practice; in others, regulations are simply meant to support the market. These responses are motivated by a variety of pressures, from grassroots movements to property interests, tourism, and municipal welfare and housing systems. This book makes a crucial contribution to comparative urban politics in the twenty-first century, investigating the capacity of local states to govern housing markets and platform capitalism in an era of globalized human and capital flows. In the face of this worldwide shift, Housing under Platform Capitalism insists that institutions and regulatory instruments can play a key role in championing the public good by protecting the right to housing and ultimately limiting corporate power.

By: Thomas Aguilera, Francesca Artioli, Claire Colomb
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 771g
ISBN: 9780520418073
ISBN 10: 0520418077
Series: IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change
Pages: 466
Publication Date: 17 June 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Aguilera is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po Rennes - University of Rennes, France. Francesca Artioli is Assistant Professor of Spatial Planning and Urban Policies at the Université Paris-Est Créteil, France. Claire Colomb is Professor of Land Economy (Planning, Public Policy, and Urban Studies) at the University of Cambridge, UK.