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The Airbnb Effect - how positive is the spare room app?

Airbnb started as a way for people to rent out their spare rooms - it was the poster child of the so-called sharing economy. But there is increasing concern that short term lets are disrupting communities and forcing residents from their own neighbourhoods.

Ten European cities are asking the EU for help. Our Europe Correspondent Jean Mackenzie has been to Valencia to find out more.

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