Airbnb, Booking.com etc - can a tenant use their premises for such short term occupation?

Andy Lane considers a recent case in the Upper Tribunal concerning the use of short-term occupation sites such as Airbnb.

The use of short-term occupation sites such as Airbnb and Booking.com has, at least until the Coronavirus lockdown, been on the rise and this has almost inevitably "spilled over" into the use by some of their (social) housing.

The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) had recent cause to look at this question in Triplerose Ltd v Beattie & Beattie [2020] UKUT 180 (LC).

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andrewlane

Andrew Lane

Andy's practice focuses on social housing and property, and administrative and public law.

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