A group of rental associations and hotel groups known as the Fairbnb.ca Coalition are trying to put a stop to what they call ‘ghost hotels’ and seeks to establish fair rules for Toronto’s short-term rental market…

Homesharing hosts should have to provide criminal background, ownership and insurance checks and prove they are compliant with apartment and/or condominium board rules for their unit, a coalition of hotel and tenants associations suggested in a new report…

When it comes to keeping a close eye on the competition, Toronto hoteliers say they have little choice but to watch as the short-term rental business scoops up lodgers right on their downtown doorsteps…

Blow up your idea of what Airbnb is. That’s the message Fairbnb, which represents everyone from housing advocates to condo owners to hospitality workers, is sending to city councillors and everyone else in the city…

The headline from Statistics Canada’s recent release describes a new sector of the Canadian economy that’s growing fast: 2.7 million Canadian adults “participated in the sharing economy” between November 2015 and October 2016, spending $1.31 billion in the process…

Kahile Gondo has lived in her downtown condo for about five years. But even though it neighbours two of the busiest, most eclectic places in the city — the Eaton Centre and Yonge-Dundas Square — Gondo only recently began locking her unit door when she’s at home…

Airbnb landlords should have to register for a renewable city permit, be subject to inspections and be restricted to a single rental unit that can be let for a maximum of 30 days per year, says a group pushing for limits on Toronto’s short-term rental industry…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, March 3, 2017 COALITION PROPOSES TEMPLATE TO REGULATE AIRBNB IN TORONTO Stop “ghost hotels,” but fair rules can permit true homesharing without threatening housing stock, Coalition says in white paper Ordinary renters and homebuyers are getting “Squeezed Out” of key neighborhoods in Toronto by short-term rentals sold online by commercial investors. […]

  Fairbnb.ca Coalition: $10,000 fine shows need for stricter regulations and platform accountability (TORONTO) Today, the Fairbnb.ca Coalition would like to extend our gratitude towards Justice of the Peace Gerry Altobello for imposing a stiff $10,000 fine on a Willowdale home owner who has brazenly violated the city’s zoning by-laws and negatively impacted his neighbours. […]

Airbnb became profitable in the second half of 2016, and is on pace to sustain profitability through 2017, Bloomberg reports….