@BarnstableWatch

Residents from all villages trying to protect housing stock and neighborhoods from Airbnb businesses. We all tweet. Got an idea? DM us.

[Jessica Sheedy Black @jjsheedy]

“Does Home Sharing Impact Crime Rate? An Empirical Investigation”

Study found that municipal policies that reduce the number of Airbnb listings & prevent professional hosts from listing multiple properties reduce the overall crime rate.

https://t.co/HuKJltSZaT

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Local Comprehensive Plan: Status, Public Views on LCP Committee at https://t.co/geLb9Q2rH3

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Listen to A STORY OF A WAREHOUSE on our new podcast. Did you know #Barnstable thinks warehouses are cool in single family residential zones? https://t.co/nuxMHLdM0A

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CAPE COD BREAK-IN SPREE RUN OUT OF #AIRBNB. This guy was nailed this week and arraigned in front of a #Barnstable County judge. Everyone knows Airbnb has no idea who it's sending to your neighborhood, and profiteers make money no matter who it is. News: https://t.co/fS4woBrLwS

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#Airbnb has financialized and distorted the housing market.

[@BarnstableWatch @barnstablewatch]

All around the country, local governments (even in the most tourist-dependent places) have stood up to wealthy #Airbnb profiteers who wreck neighborhoods and the housing market. For years now, @BarnstableMA won't.

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#Airbnb has distorted the housing market and financialized it, changing corporate and personal behaviors for the much, much worse.

[Jessica Sheedy Black @jjsheedy]

This STR shooting was #148 on my list. 2 victims were killed, including this man’s son. The case remains unsolved.

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IMPORTANT Housing Committee meeting Dec 1 when we find out what issues the @BarnstableMA Town Council wants them to talk about. Listen here first. https://t.co/Ok9mA5pSou

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@BarnstableMA town employees believe the neighborhoods where we bought our homes are a problem to be solved. #zoningisaburden

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You can be very concerned about the housing crisis, and also cool with single-family residential zoning. The real problem? #Airbnb and the like distort housing markets. #WSJ: in popular places now, 1 in 5 homes are bought by people who never live in them.

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The state of Massachusetts has strict laws about public pools vs private. Swimply renting is illegal. @BarnstableMA officials were told this months ago and have turned blind eye. Surprised? Naw.

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WE ARE PODCASTING! Great local reporters and papers everywhere are gutted by hedge funds, and accountability loses. We're amateur newbies, but trying. Click link: https://t.co/nuxMHLdM0A

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Hey @BarnstableMA, watched the meeting where you said private residential pool rentals are illegal in Massachusetts. This #Swimply listing is still up. Enforcement? https://t.co/tT5qU8dnM8

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LIVE IN #BARNSTABLE? Make coffee or tea and watch this presentation we were asked to make to a village meeting. Every fact in it is true for all villages. https://t.co/dSPBGBWyB7

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Hey #Barnstable, he's always worth a listen. @iHeartRadio https://t.co/7GEDwp8NUf

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There was a life-and-death shooting of a minor at an #Airbnb in @BarnstableMA last year, followed by a neighborhood lockdown and manhunt by a huge police response. Papers wouldn't report. Could be that the #STR is owned by a town official. Could be this.
https://t.co/yituHQSAxJ

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Every year, Detroit makes the “Worst Places to Live” list. But when the city passed #STR regulations, it said you can only #Airbnb your actual home, and only 90 total days per year. Investors can forget it. Here in @BarnstableMA #CapeCod, we're nowhere near as good as Detroit.

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Beyond #STRs and getting ready to be a formal, permanent non-profit (or at least permanent until we see good changes, we do have other things to do). https://t.co/OljxnjTSZy

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Not even done with #STRs and #Airbnb and here comes #Pacaso timeshare vacation homes.