Australian estate agents have started including an " Airbnb clause " in their agreements to stop users from subletting their properties on the home - based site without informing agencies or landlords . Real estate agents are introducing 'Airbnb clauses' to ban tenants from secretly subletting their rentals on the popular house-sharing site (stock image) The clause stipulates that users ' permission must be gained before subletting can occur and is intended to allay their concerns about potential security problems caused by it .
Australian estate agents have started including an " Airbnb clause " in their agreements to stop users from subletting their properties on the home - based site without informing agencies or landlords . The clause stipulates that users ' permission must be gained before subletting can occur and is intended to allay their concerns about potential security problems caused by it .