I live in a small town which is disproportionately popular with tourists. Because of this, people are hoarding property to rent out on Airbnb. I want to buy a house but will never be able to afford it unless the market is flooded with properties.
Again I'm not looking for anything illegal just some propaganda tricks to keep the tourists away for a year or two.
I think they said that they specifically don't want to tank the local economy, just the tourism sector.
A large tourism sector can be a detriment to a smaller city or town if the local people don't have enough control or investment in the sector themselves.
It's definitely good to organize, but if they are in the US, building publicly housing (an obvious solution) is illegal, so things aren't straightforward even if you obtain some power.