Georgetown Americas Institute

How does a city’s housing market react when borders close and reopen during a global pandemic? In Buenos Aires, Argentina, a boom in short-term rentals has offered striking answers. Supported by a fieldwork grant from Georgetown’s Americas Institute, Juan Menéndez and Alec Brockell explored how the surge in international tourism after COVID-19 border reopening interacted with local housing regulations to transform the supply of long-term rentals in the city.