Raumplanung und die Macht des Schwarms

This study analyses the extent of the phenomenon of home sharing based on an empirical full examination of Airbnb listings in Germany. The subject matter here is both the small-scale implications of renting out residential space and different approaches to regulating short-term rentals under urban planning and housing law. The author also subjects eleven bans on the misappropriation of housing to a comprehensive evaluation in order to test their effectiveness as a regulatory instrument. They can contribute significantly to governing the crowd phenomenon of home sharing. Nevertheless, the use of area-specific instruments is preferable in most cases to the city-wide approach through the law on the misappropriation of housing.