Housing
Limerick Chamber says ‘unlocking Airbnb’ will not be enough to address housing crisis
The business group estimates that regulations on short-term lettings will only impact 52 such lettings in the city
Unlocking the Airbnb market won’t be sufficient to address shortfalls in the housing market according to a new report by Limerick Chamber. The business group’s short-term lettings (STL) report found that only 52 such available lettings would be suitable for housing supply within Limerick city and only 150 such were available across the entire county.
Seán Golden, chief economist at Limerick Chamber, said: “We carried out this research to examine if changes in short-term letting ...
