A woman who rented out her condominium in Södermalm via Airbnb stopped by Stockholm rent tribunal. The decision could have major implications for the famous Internet company’s future in Sweden.
The decision, which was first reported by Building magazine, after the first trial in the Rent Tribunal of the right sublease through Airbnb. After that the number of apartments that are rented through the service has increased explosively in Sweden and Stockholm.
But now thus informed that rent through Airbnb does not support the Housing Act. Renting through the US the service is “more akin to hotel operations of a commercial nature,” writes the rent tribunal.
The test applies an apartment in Södermalm that the owner wanted to rent to several successive rentals to tourists through Airbnb. Condominium association board perceived that the woman passed them behind his back, writes SvD Business.
Rental Board’s decision can not be appealed, but it is also not a precedent. By contrast, the outcome is clear that the condominium association does not have to accept the accommodation rent out their apartments through the Airbnb, but can protest and get right through the Rent Tribunal.
The case is one of many in which companies in the so-called sharing economy faltered with the authorities. Di Digital has in several articles talked about the taxi company Uber and its recurring problems with the Transport Agency and the police.
Recently, could Di Digital reveal that übers alleged security checks for drivers in the service UberPOP is a scam. Around the same time noted the Transport Agency to right UberPOP should be classed as unlawful, according to Swedish regulations.
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