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Jack Gramenz

Airbnb hosts say caps won't shift them to rental market

Airbnb booking limits are unlikely to deliver more supply to the rental pool, a survey has found. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Imposing further booking limits on short-stay properties would have little impact on rental supply and affordability in Australia's biggest cities, Airbnb says.

Capping or lowering the number of nights a property could be listed would only prompt about one in every eight hosts to put the property up for long-term rental, a survey commissioned by the platform found.

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