Airbnb bans 'party houses' after five die in Halloween shooting

• Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, tweeted on Saturday that the company would bar “party houses” and step up its efforts against unauthorized parties.
• The initiatives rolled out after five people died in at a Halloween party hosted at an Orinda, California home that was rented on Airbnb.
• “We must do better, and we will,” Chesky tweeted. “This is unacceptable.”

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky.

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Airbnb will ban "party houses" after a deadly shooting at a California home that had been rented through the service.

In a series of tweets on Saturday, Airbnb's CEO Brian Chesky, said the company would take steps to "combat unauthorized parties and get rid of abusive host and guest conduct."

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The company will create a dedicated "party house" rapid response team, and it will expand manual screening of high-risk reservations, Chesky tweeted.

Airbnb will also take action against users who violate these policies, including removal, he tweeted.

The company's initiatives arrive on the heels of a shooting on Halloween party on Thursday night at an Orinda, California home that had been rented on Airbnb. Five people died as of Friday, Nov. 1.