Airbnb is making permanent its ban on parties at homes listed on the site for short-term rentals.

The San Francisco-based company believes the ban has worked, saying Tuesday that reports of parties at listed properties have dropped 44 per cent&nbsp;from a year ago.

More than 6,600 guests were suspended last year for related violations, Airbnb said.

Airbnb began to crack down on parties in 2019 after a fatal shooting at a party in a house in California. At that time, the company prohibited advertising parties at Airbnb locations on social media.

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The number of parties at Airbnb locations increased during the pandemic, the company said, as people moved gatherings from bars and clubs to rented homes. That led to a temporary ban in 2020.

While making the ban permanent, Airbnb said it will lift a limit of 16 people at rented properties. It said the cap was prompted by health concerns before vaccines against COVID-19 were available.

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The municipality of La Pêche, Que., has temporarily halted applications for new short-term rentals after a riverside Airbnb party drew a crowd of more than 500 people.

Nicolas Dupont owns the building on chemin Brown where the party happened. He said he didn't know it was going to happen.

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Nicolas Dupont, who owns the property, says the maximum number of visitors he allowed in the listing was six. Instead, police say hundreds of people showed up to the property in school buses and cars on Saturday night.

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Airbnb is making permanent a temporary ban on party houses on its platform.

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