Comments on: Illegal Sublet of my Property on Airbnb

By: Terry Lawson

Terry Lawson — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 02:32:01 +0000

In reply to Sue Ellen. I’m in and currently experiencing this with my tenant. She has not paid rent, but is illegally subletting my house on Airbnb. Too make matters worse, she filed for chapter 13 bankruptcy and the court issued a 30-day stay from any contact or collecting rent.

By: Kerry Watson

Kerry Watson — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 22:47:53 +0000

In reply to Bill. I am in it and going through this right now as well. A tenant who has not paid me since March and owes me over $11,000 is using Airbnb to sublet my property and pocketing thousands of dollars a month. airbnb will do nothing.

By: Elizabeth Liptrap

Elizabeth Liptrap — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 12:50:47 +0000

I am going through this currently. I have an eviction order for the tenant who is illegally subletting my property but cannot evict them due to the pandemic. Appalling that AirBNB is still allowing this.

By: Julene A

Julene A — Fri, 17 May 2019 16:07:08 +0000

I am IN !! I am going thru this right now! I have a tenant who is illegally sub-letting one of my condo’s. I am attempting to serve him with eviction notices, but of course he has moved out and I am having difficulty locating him. I gave him notice of an inspection and entered unit and took pictures of all the empty closets, etc…. The condo is staged like a hotel room. In the meantime I have strangers accessing my unit and privately owned development. Police do nothing, and in fact threatened to arrest me when I had changed the locks after inspection and discovery of what was happening. Police forced me to provide a key to tenant and his scumbag friend who was literally listed as the HOST on Airbnb – It IS CRAZY!! I have hired an attorney and contacted the Atty General., etc, etc… Airbnb has STILL NOT responded to me ! Class Action…Let’s Go !!

By: exAirbnbGuest

exAirbnbGuest — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:19:44 +0000

In reply to Joanna Billington. Last week I experienced the worst night ever at an Airbnb in Eagle Rock. The host almost certainly was not the owner and probably occupying the property illegally. It all ended with the police helping me get safely out of the house about midnight. I'll spare you the details here, but if you are starting a class action lawsuit I'd like to be part of it.

By: Joanna Billington

Joanna Billington — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:02:53 +0000

Thanks for everyone’s comments on this. I submitted a copy of the “Unlawful Detainer” lawsuit against the Airbnb host and they finally pulled his profile down and canceled all the rentals. I basically had to inform Airbnb that I would not be liable for any lawsuits brought against them, from Airbnb renters, when the Los Angeles County Sheriff arrived onsite to evict persons still occupying the house. Unfortunately the very next day, a new host, named Colleen, had listed the property for rent on Airbnb. This has been Very Very frustrating ….and I am amazed that this can even happen. The good news is that my trial date is set for April 2nd 2019, and I should be able to get the physical eviction in motion soon.

By: Kirill

Kirill — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 02:35:07 +0000

I’m with you. I also thinking of bringing class action lawsuit against AirBnB for fraud with security deposits

By: AirbnbEx

AirbnbEx — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:02:52 +0000

I’m an Ex Airbnb employee and while I worked there the policy was always that if a host was reported to have not sought permission from a home owner to use a property it would be immediately suspended until they can provide documentation showing that they are legally entitled to.

I would recommend trying again for an agent who isn’t too lazy to do their job.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 04:50:28 +0000

You should sue both

Airbnb should have the same takedown policy as Cafepress or Redbubble has for copyrighted material : when an affidavit is submitted stating that property is being listed without the actual owner’s permission Airbnb should immediately delist the property

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 01:35:38 +0000

There needs to be a landlord class action brought against Airbnb for illegal subletting. Airbnb is facilitating illegal subletting and acting as a broker.