AIRBNB has sued San Francisco in federal court in an attempt to block its home city’s plan to fine the company for unregistered apartment rentals.In a complaint filed on Monday, Airbnb claimed San Francisco was violating federal law by passing and enforcing a new ordinance that held short-term rental companies accountable for any apartment or home listing that had not been registered with the city.Airbnb is seeking an injunction to prevent the city from removing listings and from fining Airbnb for each unregistered listing.The lawsuit marks the first time Airbnb has sued any of the 34,000 cities where it operates, a sign of the growing tension between the fast-growing tech company and the community where it was founded eight years ago.Regulators in San Francisco have blamed the website for depleting the supply of rental housing and attempted to impose restrictions on its growth.READ THIS:South Africans are turning to Airbnb to help make ends meetHome sharing service says it has prov...
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