Read the excerpt below and determine the author's primary contention:

"The proliferation of short-term vacation rentals in historic city quarters has commodified residential housing. As long-term rental apartments are converted into tourist accommodations, local working-class residents are displaced, hollowing out the authentic social fabric that originally attracted visitors."

The author contends that short-term holiday rentals:

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: A. fuel resident displacement and erode the genuine cultural community

  1. Step 1: Analyze core message: converting residences into tourist rentals displaces working-class families and hollows out the community fabric.
  2. Step 2: The author's contention is that holiday rentals drive gentrification, displace locals, and destroy social fabric.
Answer
fuel resident displacement and erode the genuine cultural community.
Why not the others: 'provide universally beneficial economic dividends to all urban demographics' ignores the highlighted displacement of locals; 'increase the supply of affordable long-term housing for municipal workers' is the exact opposite of what the text states; 'have had zero measurable impact on urban housing availability' contradicts the text's core thesis.

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