Out of place
Platform capitalism and short term rentals are boosting housing commodification and urban financialization. Worldwide, struggles for the right to housing and the city are fighting back, expanding knowledge and building tools to address the impacts of temporary rentals. I talked about this with Katalin Gennburg, Member of Die Linke in the Berlin House of Representatives, philosopher and researcher of urban…
FARSANG spoke to Sarah to discuss the housing crisis as well as phenomena such as Airbnb, gentrification, and ‘sustainable tourism’. FARSANG Journal: Thanks for joining us. To start with, how did you start focusing on urban issues and housing? How did this journey begin? Sarah Gainsforth: It began from two separate experiences. The first is that I have personally experienced housing issues:…