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June 12, 2017
Toronto’s mayor says proposed new rules for the city’s short-term rental market, including properties listed on Airbnb, would help strike a balance between the need for such accommodations and the disruptions they can cause to local neighbourhoods…
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June 12, 2017
Limiting short-term rentals to a person’s principal residence is just one of the measures city staff is proposing to regulate the Airbnb-style market in Toronto…
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June 12, 2017
City staff proposals to create a licensing and registration system for Airbnb-style rentals in Toronto strike a balance that addresses many issues arising from the growing phenomenon, Mayor John Tory says…
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June 12, 2017
Torontonians will only be able to list short-term rentals for the property they live in, if city hall approves new recommendations released Monday…
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June 5, 2017
Paying guests were ordered to leave after fire inspectors found conditions termed an “immediate threat to life.”…
Fairbnb News
June 5, 2017
With a staff report on short-term rental regulation coming this month, CBC Toronto has obtained new, neighbourhood-specific data from Airbnb about one of its most popular — and problematic — destinations in the city: Kensington Market…
Fairbnb News
June 2, 2017
The next time you book a holiday apartment in Barcelona you may wake up to find an inspector standing at the end of the bed…
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May 26, 2017
Owners in the new Tour des Canadiens condominium complex in downtown Montreal say short-term rentals through Airbnb and other websites are becoming a nuisance and threatening property values…
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May 25, 2017
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is investigating at least three cases of break-ins in apartment buildings that are home to short-term rentals…
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May 25, 2017
Even in Toronto’s tight rental market, Zenobia Omarali agreed to lower the rent for her tenant — the son of a former employee — when he moved into her spacious downtown loft two years ago…