It has been nearly a month since the city implemented new short-term rental regulations, requiring hosts to only rent out their primary residence and to be registered as a short-term rental property prior to the deadline of December 31, 2020.

A new year can be a time of renewal and resolution to change, and for 2021 Toronto is ringing in its long-awaited enforcement of regulations on short-term rental sites such as Airbnb.

In the dozen years since it was founded, Airbnb Inc. has moved into hundreds of U.S. cities,transforming many of them into vacation-rental meccas.

Addendum_Sep_24_2020_final: We take a closer look at Airbnb activity in Toronto during Ontario’s province wide ban on short term rentals.   Listings that were highly active were concentrated in dense, high rise condo or apartment buildings, many of them located along the city’s central waterfront.  Two of these neighbourhoods have reported the highest number of recent […]

45 Neighborhood, Housing Organizations Ask U.S. Regulators to Demand Accurate Financial, Risk Data from Company with Significant Credibility Issues SAN FRANCISCO, September 17, 2020 – Today, a letter signed by 45 neighborhood, community and affordable housing organizations from three continents and seven countries was sent to Jay Clayton, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]

Journal of Urban Economics, September 2020 n this paper, we assess the impact of Airbnb on housing rents and prices in the city of Barcelona. Examining very detailed data on rents and both transaction and posted prices, we use several econometric approaches that exploit the exact timing and geography of Airbnb activity in the city. These […]

“Beginning Sept. 10, 2020, short-term rental operators will need to start registering with the City in order to operate in Toronto,” the city said in a release on Tuesday. “Registration is a necessary first step to allow the city to effectively administer the new rules applicable to short-term rentals.”

Residents of a central Calgary high-rise that has become a local hotspot for COVID-19 received on-site testing from Alberta Health Services Friday and Saturday, as case counts in the building continue to climb.

Chris Dekoning, who lives in a condo at King and Strachan, says an Airbnb party last month lead to series of break-ins in the middle of the night. The individual broke into Dekoning’s unit and stole sunglasses, an old 35mm camera, phone charger and his cat, which was later found by another resident in the […]

Chris Dekoning, who lives in a condo at King and Strachan, says an Airbnb party last month lead to series of break-ins in the middle of the night. The individual broke into Dekoning’s unit and stole sunglasses, an old 35mm camera, phone charger and his cat, which was later found by another resident in the […]