MONTREAL —  New research suggests a small number of large commercial property owners are the most successful on Airbnb and are eating up the local supply of housing in Canada’s three largest cities in the process.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER PROTECTS SECONDARY SUITES FROM BEING USED  AS SHORT-TERM RENTAL SUPPLY   Fairbnb.ca Coalition urges the City of Toronto to follow Vancouver’s lead   Toronto – July 5, 2017 – Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson continued his leadership in protecting the city’s affordable rental housing stock by banning the short-term rental of secondary […]

Over the past couple of years, my wife and I have indulged idle daydreams of getting in on the latest investment-real-estate gold rush by going into the “home-sharing” business. I once spent an afternoon looking at condo unit sales prices and doing math about potential daily rates; Rebecca will sometimes say to me, “We should […]

Toronto’s proposed registration and licensing system for Airbnb-style short-term rentals will proceed to public consultations after Mayor John Tory’s executive committee approved city staff’s draft plan on Monday night…

TORONTO – The city wants to hear from you about what to do about short-term rental services like AirBnB….

What remains of 38 Kensington Pl. is still accessible through a short alley, in the heart of Kensington Market…

A coalition fighting for new regulations around short-term rental services like AirBnB says proposed city rules up for debate Monday could go further…

A raft of proposed measures to regulate short-term rentals in Toronto will go before the city’s Executive Committee today…

Following in the footsteps of major municipalities around the world, Canada’s biggest cities are getting closer to regulating Airbnb, the popular online service that allows homeowners to rent out part or all of their properties on a short-term basis…

The City of Toronto has responded to the explosion of Airbnb-type short-term rentals in a staff report detailing measures to regulate this emerging sector…