In addition, the water shutoff for the town is at the street, so if one tenant doesn't pay the bill and the town (or water utility) turns off the water, then both tenants are shut off. 

The home was built in the 50’s and still has original windows installed, most of which have been painted shut for energy efficiency. 

That 4th unit would be an illegal rental and yes the rent on that can go away if the buildings department shuts it down.

It's not about the Hotel Lobby.... it's about what you are allowed to do legally and this Host is NOT doing it legally.AirBnB understands that and knows that to continue doing good business, they need to shut down these bad operators.Don't make this guy out to be a Matyr.Question your own facts and opinion if you think this article is biased towards the Hotel Lobby.

Business can be shut down during economic crisis but people still need a place to live no matter what.  

I had to go over 4x a week to shut doors left wide open, turn lights off, turn the a/c down, etc.The other 2 I did by owner without staging.

I started listening to the BiggerPockets podcast instead and now I can’t shut up about real estate.

For example, Saudi Aramco was recently attacked half of their production was shut down .

. - absolutely, I mentioned the event on a prior post regarding property insurance.The tenant living in the unit had their electric shut off by the provider for failure to pay and upon re-connection was told to shut the main breaker off.

One of the other tenants went with it and is now going after me for cooler rooms even though her living room is kept at 71 degrees and the radiators are working in all rooms their rooms are cooler because they have windows and the doors are kept shut.