“Police said the man was shot inside a 16th floor Airbnb rental unit where a gathering was taking place.”…

An appeal of new rules for Toronto’s short-term rental housing has been postponed for a year, leaving the regulations in limbo as the city undergoes what critics call a “destructive rental crisis.”…

A Toronto landlord who discovered her condo unit was being rented out repeatedly on Airbnb — behind her back by someone tied to a property management company — has won her case at the Landlord and Tenant Board…

A student at Humber College in Toronto is warning others to know their rights after she and her roommates found out their landlord was collecting thousands of dollars in rent from them while subletting their rooms and listing them concurrently on Airbnb this summer…

Call it Scare bnb…

April 27, 2018 – As marquee cities around the world struggle with soaring real estate and rental prices and plummeting vacancy rates, policymakers have begun targeting Airbnb and other short-term rental services as part of their housing strategies…

The City of Vancouver recently announced it had reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airbnb, the world’s largest short-term rental platform. After operating illegally for several years, the company has now agreed to work with the City to bring its short-term rental listings (STRs) into compliance with the new regulations. This move may be […]

As housing prices continue to soar in major cities across the world, Airbnb’s profits are following suit. This is not a coincidence. In fact, my own research into the rise of digital short-term rental platforms suggests their implications for cities like Toronto are far larger than the local politics of neighbourhood disturbances and disruption of […]

Toronto’s proposed restrictions on Airbnb and other short-term home rentals now appear likely to be delayed, dismaying those who want the rules in place before the city’s busy tourist season begins…