![]() Quotes from elected officials in the New York City Council and New York State Legislature as well as from representatives of housing and tenant rights advocacy organizations. The full report can be viewed along with exclusive reporting by Brooklyn Deep or downloaded directly. Black neighborhoods with the most Airbnb use are racially gentrifying, and the (often illegal) economic benefits of Airbnb accrue disproportionately to new, white residents and white speculators while the majority Black residents in those communities suffer the most from the loss of housing, tenant harassment and the disruption of their communities.housing and neighborhood disruption due to Airbnb 12 times more likely to affect Black residents than white residents.an economic disparity of 857% for the total revenue accumulated by white hosts.a 1,012% disparity in the number of Airbnb listings by white hosts.The neighborhood with the highest Airbnb racial disparity was Stuyvesant Heights, in the heart of Black Central Brooklyn, where there was:.The loss of housing and neighborhood disruption due to Airbnb is 6 times more likely to affect Black residents, based on their majority presence in Black neighborhoods In all Black neighborhoods, residents are 14% white, 79.6% Black.White Airbnb hosts in Black neighborhoods earned in total an estimated $159.7 million, compared to only $48.3 million for Black hosts 73.7% of income accumulating to a group representing only 13.9% of the population is a 530% economic disparity.Across all 72 predominantly Black New York City neighborhoods, Airbnb hosts are 5 times more likely to be white In those neighborhoods, the Airbnb host population is 74% white, while the white resident population is only 13.9%.Read: "A Year Later, Airbnb as a Racial Gentrification Tool". UPDATE: A year later after releasing this landmark report, we look at new research on the damaging impact of Airbnb in residential communities, and review and respond to Airbnb's criticism and response to the study. He also attributed the success to “the visionary leadership” of his father, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and “and the ambitious targets set by the Dubai Economic Agenda D33," the aim of which is to double the size of Dubai's economy over the next decade and consolidate its position among the world's top three cities.In this new study, the data activist project Inside Airbnb has racially categorized the host photographs in all of the predominantly Black neighborhoods of New York City, enabling unique quantitative data on how the demographic of Airbnb hosts compare to each neighborhood, and what this means for those communities, many of which are rapidly gentrifying. The crown prince thanked “all the government and semi-government entities, as well as private sector partners, who have united as one team to raise Dubai's global standing across various sectors.” “Dubai secured the third position among ten prominent global cities, reflecting its performance over the last three years,” Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, made an early announcement on Twitter. The Middle Eastern city was ahead of the Western mega-cities of New York, London, Paris and San Francisco. Dubai came third in a top 10 best cities in the world list, according to the latest ranking by The Economist.
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