Why Muhammad Ali’s former S. Jersey mansion has neighbors up in arms
Raucous parties at Muhammad Ali's former mansion-turned-Airbnb has put Cherry Hill, N.J. in the midst of a bigger debate about how these rentals affect communities.
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This home at 1121 Winding Drive in Cherry Hill, which belonged to Muhammad Ali in the 1970s, has become an Airbnb rental. (Sarah Glover/NBC)
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There’s a big fight going on in Cherry Hill about short-term rentals like Airbnb, and it all centers around the former mansion of heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Ellie Rushing explains why renting out that home on Airbnb has led to angry neighbors — and put the South Jersey town in the middle of a bigger debate about how these rentals affect communities.
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