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2 family dwelling (all permits for recent renovation state so) is being rented as a rooming house. Company is called RooserUp and seems to skirt the laws by claiming they are on one lease but currently advertises per room rentals online. Please check if currently zoned for this as nobody in the neighborhood received any information or permits relating to a rooming house and/or lodging house

Not a 24 hr permit blocked whole street

Mr Billy Gu lives in Lexington according to his Boston property assessment, his AirBnB profile, and the very applications for an owner adjacent/limited share short term rental registrations he applied for. Why has he been allowed to renew his applications if he no longer qualifies? His 3 family home has 4 full units listed as rentals. There is no limited share. An on site inspection isnt even needed to determine there is a violation. - First floor (not STR) - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/17573922?source_impression_id=p3_1713818748_tx0D9zpZbiI116zB - second floor (NOT limited share as registered) - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/17559493?source_impression_id=p3_1713818110_5N1MTDk8cUsZgY9J - third floor (NOT owner adjacent as registered) - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/17559756?source_impression_id=p3_1713818699_q%2BPHjkaU%2FLNdzWWp - basement (is this unit even legal? no) - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/17559846?source_impression_id=p3_1713818718_%2FlF6mf4SuPKJcc6w

64 Sigourney St is a legal one family with one legal kitchen. This is very clearly a second unit that was created in the basement. Please verify the permits for the splitting of this house into two legal units - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/12191871?source_impression_id=p3_1713816941_wIImTdNEOLygYXcg

This is the same host as complaint #101005416985. STR-521905 This STR registration is being used for two separate full units so it should have two registrations. On its application it stated that it will NOT be a short term rental and instead will be used as a corporate rental with a minimum of a 10 day stay. This is not the case as there are two listings per unit and one is for 1 night minimum. There is a small note that in two listings of 4 that "This unit should be rented by individuals or family members on medical related travel." in the listing but that is NOT proof of a hospital contract. Can ISD please verify that a contract exists? Based on this hosts other listings it just appears to be a loophole being used to add more listings- Unit 1 (less than 10 days) - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1126971049035533233?source_impression_id=p3_1713481510_Z134FUrOa0xqNMHP&check_in=2024-04-21&guests=1&adults=1&check_out=2024-04-22 - Unit 1 (more than 10) - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/19540224?source_impression_id=p3_1713481510_PVpBm%2FwPfFTktYm7&check_in=2024-05-19&guests=1&adults=1 - Unit 2 (less than 10 days) - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1053675085916056301?source_impression_id=p3_1713481510_9ZkPltvUrj8aQeUo&check_in=2024-05-06&guests=1&adults=1&check_out=2024-05-07 - Unit 2 (more than 10) - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/20926438?source_impression_id=p3_1713481510_QdsOxeJxC9ntDDKW&check_in=2024-05-06&guests=1&adults=1

STR-461702 - This STR registration is being used for two separate full units so it should have two registrations. On its application it stated that it will NOT be a short term rental and instead will be used as a corporate rental. Unfortunately this is not true as you can see that one unit has no minimum nights and the other has 2 minimum nights per stay. This home does not qualify as a primary residence as the owner appears to live in Newton. There is a small note that "This unit should be rented by individuals or family members on medical related travel." but that is NOT proof of a hospital contract. Which is it? Hospital contract, corporate stay, or short term rental? It doesnt appear to qualify for any of these options. - Unit 1 - https://www.airbnb.com.sg/rooms/1023919484454878841?source_impression_id=p3_1713479960_PHijq8mLpP2MkIeE - Unit 2 - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1023968409024670674?source_impression_id=p3_1713479958_ZZKLzKV99SzLQku%2B

this is a followup to closed ticket# #101005302117. This issue has not been resolved and the host has dropped the minimum night stays from 3 nights to 2 nights. Why has the ticket been closed when the violation has gotten worse? Please require them to register just like everyone else. - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1022693760006872584?adults=1&children=0&enable_m3_private_room=true&infants=0&pets=0&check_in=2024-03-15&check_out=2024-03-17&source_impression_id=p3_1708455298_TNhjr6mruwK4yKc4&previous_page_section_name=1000&federated_search_id=b98f510d-293b-491e-98b8-4124cf88c606

This is a followup to incident ##101005384897 - You stated that the listing has been blocked on the hosting platform. It is still active. Original message: This host is using someone elses registration number. This number does NOT belong to Johna. - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1093744967507607401?source_impression_id=p3_1712071724_HCIlQmj4ruNJWSLW

This is a quick followup to the City response to incident# #101005374163. The complaint is NOT invalid and you could very easily verify this by looking at the host profile or using google. There are two registration numbers for 77 W Cottage Street and they are BOTH being used for full unit rentals. - STR539401 (Limited share unit, NOT in compliance) - https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/971237837731938987?source_impression_id=p3_1711377320_kO2LrHIue3m6XTm3&check_in=2024-04-08&guests=1&adults=1 - STR538999 (Owner adjacent unit in compliance)- https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/975276196613469703?source_impression_id=p3_1712766691_NXClXLsLwK6wu9X2

I got a fraud scheme. I found that apartament in the Craigslist. I paid 6300 dollars for apartment to stay for 4 months before I arrived at Boston. In the introduction, the key was supposed to deliver to me in the front of apartment. This morning, I went to that apartment, however, nobody knows about my contract. The date of transaction was April 2nd and 3rd. I was introduced to send money separately in 2 times. In the first transaction of April 2nd, I paid 3300 dollar. In the second transaction of April 3rd, I paid 3000 dollar. I can tell you more exact information. Please let me know about your introduction.