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Seven persons died after major fire in unauthorized Airbnb rental (cbc.ca)
4 points by bvanheu 1181 days ago
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Should Airbnb share all listings with cities so they can inspect buildings?
Cities/local authorities, etc should be proactive in searching listing sites for obvious breaches, they shouldn't be reliant on private companies/individuals to hand-over information they are incentivised not to hand-over.
Then they also need to be charging these apps regulatory fees to cover the additional inspections.
Good idea.