AirBnb and Crime

AirBnb and Crime

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Conservatorships, Domestic Terrorism, Airbnb and Crime

Episode: Conservatorships, Domestic Terrorism, Airbnb and Crime

  • Jul 26, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 19:37 mins

Neighborhoods with a lot of people renting their homes or apartments out on Airbnb often experience an increase in crime—but is that really because tourists commit those crimes? Daniel O’Brien, a professor of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University, has a new study that points to a different potential causality between vacation rentals and crime. (Segment produced by Martha Harris)