News Exercise #193

1. What had happened in the Calgary home, resulting in $50,000 worth of damage?
2. According to the ABC legal analyst what is the legal situation after someone has stayed for 30 days, and what was the original purpose of this law?
3. what happened in the case on “HomeAway”?

Answers:
1. What had happened in the Calgary home, resulting in $50,000 worth of damage?
The owners rented the house to some people who were allegedly in town for a wedding. Within three or four hours of handing over the keys, a bus brought people who partied for several days.
2. According to the ABC legal analyst what is the legal situation after someone has stayed for 30 days, and what was the original purpose of this law?
After 30 days it is considered a legal rental, and someone staying there has to be evicted, not simply asked to leave. This law was introduced to protect the person from being told to leave within a day’s notice.
3. what happened in the case on “HomeAway”?
A family rented a house for $400 per night only to find the owner appear and tell them that they had been scammed. Ten other people had also rented the same house by a fraudulent owner.