Housing Key Facts —The supply squeeze. Rental listings in Rio’s South Zone fell 27.5 percent in two years, according to the property federation Secovi-RJ. —The rent effect. Rents across the zone rose about 17 percent over the same period, and roughly 50 percent in Copacabana. —The retreat. An earlier draft would have banned short lets […] The post Rio Won’t Ban Airbnb. It Will Let Your Neighbours Vote on It appeared first on The Rio Times.