The City is holding four open houses to engage residents and obtain feedback on the City’s proposed licensing, registration and zoning framework for short-term rentals. Come out and leave your feedback!  Drop in anytime between 3 and 8 p.m. A short presentation will be held at 4 p.m. and repeated at 7 p.m. Wednesday, September […]

This is a highly informative document for anyone interested to learn about the terms and conditions Airbnb has agreed to in the City of San Francisco. It shows what the company is willing and able to do if there is political will to hold them accountable. Once implemented, Airbnb will have to remove all non-licensed […]

Airbnb touts itself as a service that allows homeowners to earn extra cash by putting their spare bedrooms up for rent to short-term visitors, but according to a new McGill study, the service is having a significant negative impact on the rental market in Canada’s three largest cities….

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…

Toronto is currently receiving feedback on its proposed regulations which would allow short-term rentals for up to three rooms or an entire home for up to 28 days, plus hosts would have to register with the city, pay an annual fee and remit a tourist tax.

Property owners who use Airbnb on a commercial scale are draining the already limited rental housing supply in Vancouver and other major Canadian cities, according to a new study.

A small number of commercial property managers generate a majority of Airbnb’s overall revenue, eating up available housing stock and driving up rent in Canada’s three biggest cities, a new study from Montreal’s McGill University concludes.

Andrew Chapman lives in a nine-unit condo building converted from a boutique hotel in downtown Montreal near the busy Berri-UQAM Metro station, a desirable home in a desirable area of an internationally popular city.

The Urban Politics and Governance Lab (UPGo) at McGill University is proud to announce the release of Short-term cities: Airbnb’s impact on Canadian housing markets. This report is the first comparative analysis of short-term rentals in Canada’s three largest cities: Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. Across these cities there are over 81,000 active Airbnb listings which earned […]