For those unfamiliar, Airbnb provides an online platform for homeowners, or ‘hosts’ to rent out their homes, rooms or apartments to others. The cost associated with using the site is minimal and this is one of the reasons it has proved so popular among both homeowners and renters. The platform has attracted its fair share of controversy and has received fierce opposition from some, including many cities across the globe who claim that such sites remove affordable housing from the market by converting rentable apartments into unofficial hotels. At the time of writing,...