Airbnb Sends Salt Lake City a Cease-and-Desist
The platform says city inspectors used fake guest accounts to investigate hosts. Here is what that means for Salt Lake City operators.
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Airbnb sent Salt Lake City a cease-and-desist letter in early August, alleging city officials created “fraudulent guest accounts” to investigate suspected short-term rental violations. The platform says that breaches its Terms of Service. The demand lands just as Salt Lake City starts licensing short-term rentals for the first time and steps up enforcement against unlicensed and residentially zoned listings, The Salt Lake Tribune reported August 14.
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