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Keep the contract, deposit proof, inventory, photos, messages and payment records together.
For RMB 10 million in rent, repairs or risk of losing the deposit, small missing evidence can matter.
Separate what the agreement says from what actually happened.
Use Caira to draft a landlord, tenant or tribunal-ready document checklist.
If a tenant turns a Chinese rental home into a short-term let, minsu, Airbnb-style stay, or rotating guest arrangement, do not begin with a national shortcut. Start with the lease, evidence, consent history, building rules, and local lodging or public-security requirements. The national sources for this topic support the housing-rental and lease context, but they do not validate one China-wide Airbnb rule or one complaint workflow for every city.
First decide what the tenant is actually doing
Short-term letting can mean several different things: the tenant has moved out and gives the whole flat to guests; the tenant stays but rents one room; the tenant uses a platform; an agent is operating the unit; guests change every few days; or the use is more like serviced accommodation. Those facts matter. Keep the Chinese labels close to the file: 转租, 短租, 民宿, 租客, 房东, 住房租赁, 房屋用途, 违约, 扰民, 安全隐患, and 证据.
Make a fact table with dates, guest turnover, platform screenshots, neighbour complaints, access records, photos of key boxes or smart locks, chat messages, payment clues if visible, property-management notices, and any police or community contact. Do not enter the home unlawfully or collect evidence in a way that creates a separate privacy or confrontation problem.
Read the lease before sending threats
Look for clauses on subletting, changing use, registering occupants, safety, nuisance, property-management rules, maximum occupants, commercial use, and early termination. The Civil Code lease source family should be checked for current rules on lease obligations and subletting, but your first practical document is still the signed lease. If the lease clearly requires written landlord consent for subletting or guest accommodation, preserve that clause and any messages showing that consent was never given.
If the lease is silent, do not assume silence equals permission. Local rules, building rules, safety rules, and the actual pattern of use may still matter. But silence makes the case more fact-sensitive, so your first notice should ask for clarification and cessation rather than overstate the law.
Send a clear written notice
Use a short Chinese notice that preserves evidence and gives the tenant a chance to respond:
关于停止擅自短租/转租的通知
[租客姓名]：我方发现位于[地址]的房屋存在疑似未经同意短租、转租或作为民宿使用的情况，包括：[简要列明平台截图/邻居投诉/出入记录/物业通知]。根据双方房屋租赁合同关于[转租/用途/安全/居住人员]的约定，请你于[日期]前书面说明实际使用情况，并立即停止未经书面同意的短租、转租、民宿经营或其他改变房屋用途的行为。如你认为已取得同意，请提供书面依据。请同时确认当前实际居住人员、钥匙/门锁管理情况及是否存在平台发布信息。房东：[姓名] 日期：[日期]
Keep the date realistic. If there is an urgent safety issue, contact property management, community staff, or the appropriate local authority rather than waiting for a private deadline.
Preserve losses separately
Unauthorised short-term use may create several categories of loss: unpaid rent, property damage, cleaning, neighbour complaints, fines or management penalties, lock replacement, lost access control, utility spikes, or reputational problems with the community. Do not merge them into one vague demand. For each amount, keep the invoice, photo, message, rule, and lease clause. If you later claim compensation, a precise table is stronger than anger about the platform listing.
Check local and platform-specific routes
Short-term lodging rules can depend on city, district, building, community, public-security registration, fire-safety rules, and platform policy. The 2025 housing-rental regulation source helps frame rental duties and market regulation, while the NPC law database is a statute lookup main reference point. 12315 may be relevant for consumer or platform-market complaints in some situations, but it is not a universal landlord eviction tool.
For detailed action, add the city's housing bureau, public-security, property-management, and platform complaint sources before giving final instructions.
When termination may be on the table
If the tenant is subletting without consent, changing the use, creating safety risks, disturbing neighbours, or breaching a clear lease clause, termination may be considered. But whether you can terminate immediately, demand correction first, keep the deposit, sue for losses, or ask authorities to intervene depends on the contract, facts, local rules, and evidence. Do not lock the tenant out, cut utilities, remove belongings, or confront guests without advice; self-help can make a landlord's position worse.
Common mistakes
Common mistakes include relying only on a neighbour's rumour, failing to screenshot the listing before it disappears, sending threats with no lease clause, confusing ordinary guests with commercial short-term letting, ignoring local lodging registration, and deducting the entire deposit without a documented basis. Another mistake is assuming a national article can replace city-specific rules. For this topic, local validation is not optional if you are moving beyond a notice and evidence checklist.
Where Unwildered fits
Upload the lease, platform screenshots, tenant messages, property-management notices, neighbour complaints, photos, payment records, and draft Chinese notice. Unwildered can help organise the facts, match evidence to lease clauses, and prepare a cautious question list for a local Caira, housing bureau, property manager, or platform complaint.
Official context to check
The useful official hook is not a national rent average; it is the 2025 housing-rental framework. Treat the State Council regulation and the SAMR model lease as document-quality signals: identity, authority to rent, deposit wording, repair allocation, handover evidence and local filing should all line up.
Sources
State Council official portal: 2025 housing rental regulations
SAMR: 2025 model urban housing lease
local housing bureau or rental filing platform
This article is general information, not legal, financial, medical or tax advice.
