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He doesn't seem to act like that at all. He's acting like signing up for AirBNB doesn't mean you expect this to happen. He refers to some AirBNB guarantee, al

He doesn't seem to act like that at all. He's acting like signing up for AirBNB doesn't mean you expect this to happen. He refers to some AirBNB guarantee, although I'm not sure what it says. In any case, I think it's reasonable to assume that signing up for AirBNB won't make you homeless.

jlawer 11y ago
https://www.airbnb.com.au/guarantee https://www.airbnb.com.au/guarantee
- vacri 11y ago
  Interesting, their guarantee is explicitly worth 20% less in Australia... because the .au site specifies AUD, which is 20% less than the USD (their US site also says $1M)...
toomuchtodo 11y ago
Signing up for AirBnB exposes you to the same risks as if you sublet your living space the same way it would in a traditional transaction. Rent to shitty people? You're responsible. AirBnB does not guarantee a pleasant experience, nor is it required to make this person whole by getting them removed from whatever tenant blacklist they're on. Welcome to bumps on the "sharing economy" road. Edit: it appears property management companies are using public court records to screen this person, preventing them from renting. That's not an AirBnB problem, that's a fair housing legislation problem.
- ghughes 11y ago
  Is it really a problem? I'd argue that it should be a matter of public record that this guy was evicted for (indirectly) causing $23k in property damage, and it seems entirely reasonable for landlords to screen tenants based on prior evictions and other housing court judgements.
  - toomuchtodo 11y ago
    I don't think it shouldn't be public record, but I do believe you shouldn't be able to reject someone outright due to one event. I foreclosed on my underwater town home. Should I need to live in my car because my credit report has one negative item on it in 16 years? (Rentals of course pull your credit) Housing is a regulated industry for good reason. Property managers are free to use data sources such as in this case, but there needs to be an appeal process. Otherwise, we'll start to have a class of people who a defacto homeless due solely to historical data.
- hueving 11y ago
  The entire value-add of airbnb over random craigslist ads is precisely to prevent or remediate these types of problems.

jlawer 11y ago

https://www.airbnb.com.au/guarantee https://www.airbnb.com.au/guarantee

vacri 11y ago
Interesting, their guarantee is explicitly worth 20% less in Australia... because the .au site specifies AUD, which is 20% less than the USD (their US site also says $1M)...

toomuchtodo 11y ago

Signing up for AirBnB exposes you to the same risks as if you sublet your living space the same way it would in a traditional transaction. Rent to shitty people? You're responsible. AirBnB does not guarantee a pleasant experience, nor is it required to make this person whole by getting them removed from whatever tenant blacklist they're on. Welcome to bumps on the "sharing economy" road. Edit: it appears property management companies are using public court records to screen this person, preventing them from renting. That's not an AirBnB problem, that's a fair housing legislation problem.

ghughes 11y ago
Is it really a problem? I'd argue that it should be a matter of public record that this guy was evicted for (indirectly) causing $23k in property damage, and it seems entirely reasonable for landlords to screen tenants based on prior evictions and other housing court judgements.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  I don't think it shouldn't be public record, but I do believe you shouldn't be able to reject someone outright due to one event. I foreclosed on my underwater town home. Should I need to live in my car because my credit report has one negative item on it in 16 years? (Rentals of course pull your credit) Housing is a regulated industry for good reason. Property managers are free to use data sources such as in this case, but there needs to be an appeal process. Otherwise, we'll start to have a class of people who a defacto homeless due solely to historical data.
hueving 11y ago
The entire value-add of airbnb over random craigslist ads is precisely to prevent or remediate these types of problems.