Houston – Months after AirBnB shut down a rental home listing on Hawthorne near Mt. Vernon following KPRC 2’s reporting about disruptive parties, neighbors reached out to us again saying the listing was back up about a week later.
An AirBnB spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday night that the listing was once again suspended.
In a statement a spokesperson said: “We take reports of disruptive parties very seriously. We are investigating the most recent report and have suspended the listing.”
Gretchen Shoup lives across the street from the rental property and said she had to call 911 this past weekend.
“Because of the gun out the window,” said Shoup. “Probably 12:30 at night, I felt like they were down in my basement at a nightclub."
Shoup said she’s lived in her neighborhood for 36 years and she’s never had a problem until the rental property came in.
On the AirBnB listing, it shows the host has more than 280 active listings.
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A former employee of the host named Michelle reached out to KPRC 2 and said she cleaned the rental properties.
“There’s been a couple of times when we came into the Hawthorne house and there were you know feathers everywhere," said Michelle. “Drugs, we found tons of drugs."
She shared pictures showing the conditions she said were left behind by guests of the rental house.
KPRC 2 has tried multiple times to get in contact with the AirBnB host but we have not heard back.
Starting in January, the city of Houston will enforce new short term rental rules.
Short term rental owners must get proper registration. The city can force a listing to get removed.
Party rentals are not allowed.
Violations can result in $100 to $500 per day. Registrations can be revoked for bad behavior.