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Airbnb implements global party house purge
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has continued its global fight against “party houses” on its platform, removing nearly 500 listings in Australia and proactively cancelling over 9000 “high-risk” reservations. This follows the company’s decision to ban events hosting in their properties this year due to safety and Covid-19 concerns. Party houses have been a major point of criticism […]
Airbnb enforces worldwide house party ban
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has issued a global blanket ban on all parties and events being held in properties listed on its platform from now on. The company will limit the total occupants in a property to 16, with the exception of certain venues. Airbnb first attempted to limit the impact of parties last year, after a […]
Airbnb subject to Halloween house shooting lawsuit
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: The family of a man shot in a bay area Airbnb has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company. They claim Airbnb should have known that large crowds, underage drinking and illegal activities frequently occurred there. The victim, Javlin County, 29, was one of five killed during the event. Investigators claimed that the violence […]
Airbnb de-lists 28 properties in mass action on party house ban
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: 28 properties have been removed from Airbnb’s listings in Los Angeles after the LAPD identified them as ‘chronic party houses’. This is the first of the platform’s de-listings after the decision to ban party houses from the platform in November following a tragic shooting on Halloween. Police reports have said that the properties were […]