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		</div><p>Airbnb is banning house parties worldwide as it tries to clean up its reputation and comply with coronavirus-related limits on gatherings.</p>
<p>The San Francisco-based home sharing company said it will limit occupancy in its rental homes to 16 people.</p>
<p>It may offer exceptions for boutique hotels or other event venues.</p>
<p>Airbnb said it may pursue legal action against guests and hosts who violate the ban.</p>
<p>Last week, for the first time, Airbnb took legal action against a guest who held an unauthorised party in Sacramento County, California.</p>
<p>Airbnb has always prohibited unauthorised parties, and the company said nearly 75% of its listings explicitly ban parties.</p>
<p>But after a deadly shooting at a California Airbnb rental last Halloween, the company has taken multiple steps to crack down on parties.</p>
<p>Five people were killed in the shooting, which happened during an unauthorised party.</p>
<p>Last November, Airbnb started manually reviewing US and Canadian reservations to weed out suspicious rentals, such as a guest who booked a one-night stay close to their home.</p>
<p>It expanded that programme to Australia last week.</p>
<p>In July, Airbnb banned US and Canadian guests under 25 with fewer than three positive reviews from booking entire homes close to where they live.</p>
<p>It expanded that policy to the United Kingdom, Spain and France last week.</p>
<p>The company said it also plans to expand a hotline for neighbours to report unauthorised parties.</p>
<p>Airbnb – which has more than seven million listings – offers hundreds of homes that can accommodate 16 people.</p>
<p>There are at least 53 in London, 277 in Beijing, 170 in New York and 116 in Los Angeles, according to the company’s website.</p>
<p>Twelve-year-old Airbnb has been trying to shed its couch-surfing image and appeal to more types of travellers ahead of its initial public offering, which could happen later this year.</p>
<p>Last year, it announced an effort to verify all of its properties, for example.</p>
<p>The company also said it wants to make sure it is complying with public health mandates.</p>
<p>Los Angeles County has a ban on gatherings of people from different households, for example.</p>
<p>Airbnb said the coronavirus-related closure of bars and nightclubs has led to an increase in big house parties, sometimes at its rentals.</p>
<p>“We do not want that type of business, and anyone engaged in or allowing that behaviour does not belong on our platform,” Airbnb said in a post on its website.</p>
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