This is great for airbnb but based on my (admittedly limited) understanding of this specific case from their blogs on it, this case wasn't particularly representative of the normal use case or the normal problems that can come up when subletting through airbnb.
From the blog posts it seems as if the guy's landlord was on-board with him subletting, which is a different situation than many I hear about where the landlord has no idea (and may in fact be the one going after the renter if he or she finds out). Also it seems the guy was present and only renting out a room during the guest's stay which allowed him to get off on a technicality in this case while many Airbnb renters will rent the entire space during vacation times, etc.
From the blog posts it seems as if the guy's landlord was on-board with him subletting
This has never been clear to me. His landlord was the one cited for (supposedly) violating the law, so he naturally was interested in a defense to avoid the fine and having a citation on record. I'm not sure he actually approved of his tenant renting a room of his apartment on airbnb.
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This is great for airbnb but based on my (admittedly limited) understanding of this specific case from their blogs on it, this case wasn't particularly representative of the normal use case or the normal problems that can come up when subletting through airbnb.
From the blog posts it seems as if the guy's landlord was on-board with him subletting, which is a different situation than many I hear about where the landlord has no idea (and may in fact be the one going after the renter if he or she finds out). Also it seems the guy was present and only renting out a room during the guest's stay which allowed him to get off on a technicality in this case while many Airbnb renters will rent the entire space during vacation times, etc.
This has never been clear to me. His landlord was the one cited for (supposedly) violating the law, so he naturally was interested in a defense to avoid the fine and having a citation on record. I'm not sure he actually approved of his tenant renting a room of his apartment on airbnb.