News site Bloomberg has a story about how private eyes (investigators) have been deployed by various parties to spy on home-sharing services like Airbnb to either settle a grievance or catch landlords running afoul of local laws & ordinances – or both. The story highlights a situation in San Francisco where a PI was hired by a tenant lawyer representing a family who was evicted from the very same apartment being let through a home-sharing site. The apartment happens to be in an up & coming neighborhood where utilizing these sharing sites is more lucrative than traditional rentals.
“The goal of the stakeout was to uncover, and document, smoking-gun proof that the landlord is violating city ordinances limiting the use of private homes for short-term rentals. It’s very lucrative work nowadays in San Francisco, the city that’s come to represent America’s shortage of affordable housing.”
Click here to read “Prying Eyes Are Watching Airbnb Users as Tenants Fight Back” on Bloomberg.
