As part of the City Institute’s “City Seminar Series”, a panel will critically address the impact of short-term rentals or ‘ghost hotels’ in Toronto. Panelists will discuss how platforms facilitating short-term rentals, such as AirBnB, affect housing affordability, decent work in the hospitality sector, and residential living in the city. The panel will also discuss […]

  Coalition: Comparing Airbnb’s “entire homes” to City’s entire housing stock compares apples with oranges (TORONTO) Today, Airbnb released a report titled “Airbnb, Housing, and the City of Toronto” in which the embattled short-term rental platform tries to disassociate itself from Toronto’s affordable housing crisis. “Comparing the number of entire homes and apartments for rent […]

Join panellists Tom Slee, Vicki Trottier, Steven Tufts and Kristyn Wong-Tam as they critically address the impact of short-term rentals or “ghost hotels” in Toronto. Panellists will discuss how platforms facilitating short-term rentals, such as Airbnb, affect housing affordability, decent work in the hospitality sector and residential living in the city. The panel will also […]

There are plenty of anecdotal complaints suggesting that Airbnb is now so popular it is distorting property markets and contributing to higher rents. US Senator Elizabeth Warren and other officials want the US government to monitor Airbnb to monitor revenue and prices, to track this issue…

In eight years of torrid growth, the company has often clashed with local public officials seeking to minimize the impact of short-term rentals on neighborhoods and urban housing markets. Now, those simmering tensions are starting to boil…

Following in the footsteps of cities like Vancouver and New York, Toronto city council is taking its first step toward regulating short-term rentals like Airbnb…

Coalition: missing accountability for homeshare websites is still the biggest weakness in Canadian proposals (TORONTO) Today, Canada’s national coalition applauded Toronto for becoming the second major city in the country to begin the development of comprehensive legal reforms to manage the so-called homeshare industry. This morning, City of Toronto staff released a report outlining next […]

For 30 years the boxy, Second Empire-style building at 180 Sherbourne St. operated as a licensed rooming house for some of Toronto’s neediest residents…

Members of the Fairbnb.ca Coalition express support for city’s approach to regulating home-sharing at Vancouver City Council (VANCOUVER) The residents of Vancouver had their first opportunity to share their opinions on the City of Vancouver’s proposed short-term rental regulations today at a committee meeting of Vancouver City Council. Members of the Fairbnb.ca Coalition attended the […]

Toronto’s Vital Signs Report Warns of Airbnb’s Impact on Toronto’s Housing Market Report: “The rise of online app based home rental tools like Airbnb are undoubtedly contributing to low vacancy rates”  (TORONTO) Today, Toronto Foundation released its annual report on the state of the city, an invaluable snapshot about the trends and issues impacting the […]