Featured Story
May 24, 2017
Montreal landlord Gerry Galiatsatos is joining a growing chorus of voices who say that Quebec’s law to regulate online home-sharing services such as Airbnb “is clearly not working.”…
Featured Story
May 24, 2017
I’m not sure I can drum up a lot of sympathy for Mable Chu, featured in Betsy Powel’s article on Airbnb. Considering property values in the GTA, her home is worth a pretty penny, especially with all she has upgraded….
Featured Story
May 24, 2017
While a growing number of Torontonians may not be able to afford extras like dinners out, theatre, or sporting events, at least the tourists still can…
Featured Story
April 11, 2017
As city staff examine potential options for regulating short-term rentals, it appears that the story of one featured host wasn’t quite accurate…
Featured Story
April 5, 2017
The unprecedented surge in housing prices have led to calls for the city to step in with solutions to remedy the growing unaffordability of housing. One way city council hopes to ease the pressure on the housing market is by curbing sharing economy apps like Airbnb…
Featured Story
March 29, 2017
A Toronto photographer says his Airbnb guests seemed like a “nice family,” until he realized about $21,000 worth of his possessions and SIN card had been stolen…
Featured Story, Housing Issues
March 22, 2017
Airbnb listings, especially “commercial listings” by hosts who own multiple properties, mean fewer homes people can live in for the long term. That can cause city-wide ripple-effects on rent increases, according to a new study from the DC Working Families Party…
Featured Story
March 22, 2017
Mayor Rahm Emanuel‘s personal email accounts have served as a private avenue of influence where executives and investors sought favorable action from City Hall, raising questions about whether some of the messages crossed the line into lobbying and violated the city’s ethics law, the Chicago Tribune has found…
Featured Story
March 17, 2017
Depending on who you ask, Lisa Marion represents either the bane of condo owners or the future of short-term rentals in Toronto…
Featured Story
March 16, 2017
Airbnb has launched an ad campaign targeting homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages, but a local coalition is calling on the city to impose stricter rules on the burgeoning short-term rental market…