Airbnb and Booking.com allowing illegal social housing sublets, say English councils

Housing, Airbnb, Social housing, Society, Communities Business | The Guardian

​Social housing providers claim platforms are refusing to cooperate with requests to remove illegally listed holiday lets Airbnb and Booking.com have been accused of facilitating fraud by refusing to take action against social housing tenants who illegally sublet properties to holidaymakers.Local authorities and social housing providers claim the platforms are refusing to cooperate with requests to remove illegally listed holiday lets and, as a result, are depriving homeless families of secure housing. Continue reading… 

Social housing providers claim platforms are refusing to cooperate with requests to remove illegally listed holiday lets

Airbnb and Booking.com have been accused of facilitating fraud by refusing to take action against social housing tenants who illegally sublet properties to holidaymakers.

Local authorities and social housing providers claim the platforms are refusing to cooperate with requests to remove illegally listed holiday lets and, as a result, are depriving homeless families of secure housing.

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