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A year later, the legal battle between Pennsylvania landlord Joseph Foresta and Airbnb continues. He sued the company after a squatter refused to leave his property after his stay.

A Pennsylvania man is still in an ongoing legal battle with Airbnb after he sued them last year. The landlord filed a lawsuit after a squatter refused to leave the property after his stay.

A year later, the legal battle between Pennsylvania landlord Joseph Foresta and Airbnb continues. He sued the company after a squatter refused to leave his property after his stay.

PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted Airbnb’s motion that arbitration should govern a dispute between itself and a South Philly landlord, who said the property he offered for rent through the service sustained damages in excess of $75,000.

PHILADELPHIA – Counsel on both sides of a property damage dispute between a South Philly landlord and Airbnb are at odds on whether discovery should proceed, while motion to either potentially compel arbitration or stay the case is pending.

PHILADELPHIA – Airbnb is seeking to dismiss or stay all proceedings in the case of a South Philly landlord whose property sustained extensive damages in 2020, allegedly from a renter-turned-squatter who then subletted the residential space.

PHILADELPHIA – A South Philly landlord alleges that a man who rented out his residence through an Airbnb listing became a squatter and pseudo-landlord himself and did tremendous damage to the property for three months in 2020, and is now suing the company to recoup those costs.

What do you do when your Airbnb guest refuses to leave? Inside a South Philadelphia Airbnb nightmare that started way back in 2020.