Re: Airbnb tenant has spent more than 2 years at home and refuses to leave, host says

On 2023-10-07 11:38:51 +0000, Bluebillies said:

> He said he has been living a nightmare with an unwanted house guest
> for more than two years.
> 
> Jovanovic had listed his modern studio guest house with stunning
> views on Airbnb when 55-year-old Elizabeth Hirschhorn booked a stay
> in September of 2021.
> 
> Jovanovic said it was fine for the first four months until February
> of 2022, when he discovered water damage in the guesthouse and she
> suddenly prevented him from making any repairs.
> 
> "€œAnd then from one day to the other day, everything changed so,
> like, you know, she didn't want to allow anybody in anymore,"he
> said.
> 
> But he extended her stay through April of 2022.
> 
> "€œI even said to her, like, '€˜OK, you can stay another two weeks, you
> know, at no cost, just so you can relocate yourself,' and she just
> then squatted and ... and has never left," Jovanovic said, and he
> hasn't gotten any rent since then.
> 
> In one email from that same month, Hirschhorn writes she doesn'€™t
> feel safe being forced to vacate with a housing disability and the
> high risks of COVID-19 complications.
> 
> She also cited the city's tenant protection policies.

Anyone considering Airbnb-ing their house out should be required to 
watch that old movie Pacific Heights as a cautionary tale.