Submissions to Sidney council suggest overwhelming opposition to plans to prohibit short-term vacation rentals, but also an organized campaign by Airbnb and interested parties.

Big number: 7,300 — the number of entire-home Airbnb listings in Toronto according to a February report by advocacy group Fairbnb. COVID-19 is prompting many landlords to convert Airbnb listings to long-term rentals.

Ontario has restricted the operations of online accommodation services such as Airbnb, issuing an order that limits short-term rentals to those “who are in need of housing during the emergency period.”

The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing Toronto condo owners to list fewer properties as short-term rentals using services like Airbnb.

Four men are facing drug charges after police executed warrants at two Hamilton addresses, including at an Airbnb rental.

Toronto’s vacancy rate could approach a “healthy” level of three per cent if the thousands of entire-home listings on Airbnb that appear to be in contravention of new city regulations were converted into more permanent housing, a new report from a coalition of housing advocates and hotel industry associations says.

After years of struggling or failing to stop their buildings from being used as de facto hotels for short-term rental operators, some Toronto condos are finally banning Airbnbs because of concerns about the spread of COVID-19.

Today, Fairbnb Canada (“Fairbnb”) has brought a class action against a large condominium corporation and its property management company.

The house listed on Airbnb at 1 Toba Dr. in North York looks like a typical product of 1960s upper-middle class suburban living – a brick and siding structure with a steep driveway on a corner lot next to a ravine park. Inside is a very different scene: Room after room is filled with racks […]

A Toronto teen who was shot at an Airbnb mansion party is incredulous about new safety measures the company recently announced.