Residents have exposed a situation involving two houses, suspected to be located in the public housing complex Edifício Do Lago, being advertised on the Airbnb website, according to a recent report by Macao Daily News (Ou Mun Yat Po).

It’s a beautiful spring evening, you’ve just finished a BBQ dinner in the back yard, and you’re settling in with a glass of wine to enjoy a bit of quiet at the end of a long day.
Suddenly, and for the third time this week, a cacophony of car doors slamming, and excited hoots erupts as the latest Airbnb renters of your absentee-neighbor/owner’s home arrive for yet another night of non-stop partying. You need to go to the grocery store, but as you exit your garage you find that the renters have blocked your drive.

AirBNB seems like an amazing idea: Owners offer rooms — and sometimes whole apartments or houses — for a fee, and users are able to explore new cities with the perks of being embedded in the neighborhoods they’re exploring.

Everyone knows that it’s illegal for a hotel such as a Marriott or a Hilton to refuse you a room because of your race. But what about someone who temporarily rents out their own apartment on Airbnb?

On Friday, NPR hosted a Twitter chat with the hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack. Airbnb’s service — which includes the photos and names of travelers looking for accommodation — has been in the spotlight because of alleged discrimination by hosts against non-white guests.

Last fall in San Francisco, Airbnb resoundingly defeated Proposition F at the ballot box, killing a measure that would have imposed harsher restrictions on the short-term home rental service. But an Airbnb ally lost a critical city Board of Supervisors race, which means that Airbnb currently faces a tougher fight in City Hall.

Last Christmas, my husband, Chris, and I visited Cuba for 10 days with our five-year-old daughter, Madelaine. Chris has a great-aunt in Havana who was celebrating her 89th birthday—we wanted our daughter to meet her Tia Rosie. We decided to list our house on Airbnb.

The city of Toronto is taking the owner of a short-term house rental to court, charged with violating a zoning bylaw.

Willowdale’s Glenelia Ave. used to be so quiet residents once called it “the street that time forgot.” Those days are over.

The Toronto Star reported last year that neighbours have complained the large five-bedroom house was regularly rented out on website Airbnb and used for noisy parties.