Tenant Used My property for Airbnb

[David Ade]

A tenant that hasn’t paid rent since August 2020 finally moved out and went to the property with my vendor to fix things up only to find out he’s been using my property for Airbnb the entire time confirmed by neighbors. Tenant apologized to neighbor for a recent occurrence when fight broke among some guys and strippers at the property. He claimed he’s the owner of the property to neighbors.

Tenant has been hiding under CDC moratorium and took that advantage to not pay rent. The Landlord relief application is still in progress. Should I move on or press charges against tenant? What’s the best way to go about it? I also have a property Manager .

[Michael S.]

Was the tenant actually living there and leasing out part of the house as an AirBNB, or was the tenant not living there at all and leasing out the whole house as an AirBNB?

I don't see how the tenant could invoke the CDC moratorium if you can prove the tenant was never actually living in the house, but was subleasing it the whole time.  But I'm not a lawyer whatsoever - probably worth having a sit down with legal to see what your options are.