His stuff looked like an in-store Ikea room mock-up, complete with Warholesque Marilyn Monroe print on the wall and patterned rug. Looking quite unlived in, there were no knickknacks, clutter or any of the usual signs of our messy human lives…

Suppose you spent a week throwing rocks through your neighbours’ windows, and then you spent the following week selling everyone burglar alarms and vandalism insurance. Once they knew what you were up to, nobody would pat you on the back for saving the neighbourhood…

In her otherwise quiet residential neighbourhood, Erika Hennebury was surprised to hear pulsing music and shouts from dozens of young partygoers late Saturday night. When four gunshots rang out, she said she couldn’t believe it, at first thinking they were firecrackers…

A Toronto lawyer warned city councillors Thursday it will be easier to register to host an Airbnb-style short-term rental unit in Toronto than it is to acquire a residential parking permit, but councillors made no changes to their draft rules…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fairbnb.ca: Condo tower’s deal with Airbnb is “rezoning by stealth,” makes tower a hotel now If you want to stop housing residents and start being a hotel, start paying commercial tax rates, coalition says (Toronto) Today, Airbnb now acting like a multinational ghost hotel broker, announced that it had cut a deal with the […]

A coalition of local groups is calling for the City of Vancouver to hold short-term rental sites, such as Airbnb and VRBO, accountable for illegal listings…

It’s currently illegal to rent out your home on sites like Airbnb in Vancouver unless you have a hotel or licensed bed and breakfast. But as anyone who has perused the site knows, thousands of people are skirting the rules. Now, a national organization called Fairbnb, comprised of a coalition of hospitality unions and other […]

The City of Vancouver is working on regulations aimed at curbing short-term rentals, which have exploded in recent years on platforms like Airbnb and Expedia…