Airbnb’s Party Ban and the Challenge of Neighborhood Crime Control

I was invited to write my thoughts about the implications of a recent policy change Airbnb made this summer. The piece discusses how listings can be destabilizing for a neighborhood’s oversight of public safety. I feel I should note that I have used such services in lodging myself, and have preferred the experience compared to hotel accommodations. Nevertheless, I recognize how they take oversight control away from neighborhood residents.

Airbnb’s recent decision to ban “open-invite” parties in its rental properties was welcome, but the jury is still out on whether the non-traditional hospitality industry endangers public safety in neighborhoods without adequate police oversight, writes a sociologist from Maryville University. — Read on

https://web.archive.org/web/20220921002644/thecrimereport.org/2022/09/15/airbnbs-party-ban-and-the-challenge-of-neighborhood-crime-control/

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