This is why the government steps in and creates fairness laws (though not for felons). It's entirely plausible that an AirBnB renter unfamiliar with evaluating

This is why the government steps in and creates fairness laws (though not for felons). It's entirely plausible that an AirBnB renter unfamiliar with evaluating evidence might just look up US crime stats and come to an unfair conclusion on risk. AirBnB is sort of stuck though, since they want to maintain this "sharing economy" fiction, where it's just friendly homeowners sharing their places. They don't want to admit they are encouraging unlicensed hotels that don't follow the law.