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A controversial law intended to protect vulnerable neighborhoods from further deterioration instead saddled them with a negative image and lower house prices. Home prices in affected neighborhoods dropped by 3 to 5 percent compared to the neighborhoods around them, Trouw reports based on a study by two professors at the VU University Amsterdam.

Airbnb is back in the headlines in Los Angeles: Thousands of short-term rental hosts are breaking the law, and the city isn’t taking the problem seriously enough.

Thousands of short-term rentals are breaking the law. The city is leaving millions of dollars on the table by not enforcing the rules.

Thousands of short-term rentals are breaking the law. The city is leaving millions of dollars on the table by not enforcing the rules.

After the war the city built back bigger, bringing unexpected gains

The public likes, but badly misunderstands, the anti-sprawl policy. It’s time to rethink it

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