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Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by candiodari on Friday October 21, 2022 @10:00AM (#33288066)
What I don't get is ... where is the government in all this? As the article points out: the owners of the property clearly violate a lot of laws. So I hear violating the law gets you into "trouble with the law".

Well, clearly it doesn't.

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Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by rjzzleep on Friday October 21, 2022 @10:21AM (#33288250)
I once went to the German police over an illegal listing, after the owner got physical when I asked him to turn on the heat at night.

The police laughed at me and told me what I did wrong. Part of it was racism, but the other part of it was just laziness.

To actually get something to happen you have to send a letter to the general prosecutor, who then orders the police to investigate. This process takes months.

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Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by datavirtue on Friday October 21, 2022 @01:43PM (#33290849)
Government resources are not web scale. They do not and cannot scale except through legislation in some cases.
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Re:Airbnb Failed – Illegal Host, Electric Shocks, Slugs, Lea... by pasttense01 on Friday October 21, 2022 @06:38PM (#33293734)
What happens when you do complain? You lose your illegal rental accommodation. This is not a win.
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