After buying a 625-square-foot condo on King St. W. as an investment property, Vivian Mah hired a realtor to find a “Triple AAA professional tenant” who would pay the rent on time…

A Toronto man is fighting eviction from his apartment, accusing the landlord of trying to turn his suite into an Airbnb rental…

Airbnb says its hosts are “regular people” sharing their homes with guests who get an “authentic” travel experience. But the carefully crafted image of the short-term rental company is anything but authentic, say its critics…

Vancouver’s proposed empty homes tax would include secondary properties being booked on the vacation rental website Airbnb, with the maximum fine for people who evade the levy set at $10,000…

Shortly after suffering setbacks as a result of a crackdown initiated by Berlin on illegal rentals in the city, Airbnb once again finds itself in a similar predicament as Barcelona initiates a renewed crackdown of its own for the same purpose…

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says his city’s current proposal for Canada’s first tax on vacant homes may be too low and the penalties too weak, arguing that the levy must be significant enough to dissuade owners from leaving properties empty…

Vancouver is finalizing recommendations for its second major housing irritant – short-term rentals – which will likely restrict them to people renting out their own homes and with some kind of yearly cap on nights allowed.

While the City of Vancouver announced it’s moving forward with the empty homes tax, council will be moving forward to look at ways to regulate short term rentals through sites like AirBnB…

Amid the cluster of secondary suite debates, and far from another Uber storm, is a new contender for a council time suck: Airbnb…

Vancouver is moving forward with its plans to combat the city’s near-zero vacancy rental rate, according to a statement from mayor Gregor Robertson…