PORTLAND, Ore. – A Clackamas County woman has filed a lawsuit against vacation-rental website Airbnb, saying the site facilitates discrimination against black users…

Airbnb is launching a marketing campaign underscoring an image of its Toronto hosts as regular people supplementing their income from the occasional rental of their homes…

Blow up your idea of what Airbnb is. That’s the message Fairbnb, which represents everyone from housing advocates to condo owners to hospitality workers, is sending to city councillors and everyone else in the city…

The headline from Statistics Canada’s recent release describes a new sector of the Canadian economy that’s growing fast: 2.7 million Canadian adults “participated in the sharing economy” between November 2015 and October 2016, spending $1.31 billion in the process…

Kahile Gondo has lived in her downtown condo for about five years. But even though it neighbours two of the busiest, most eclectic places in the city — the Eaton Centre and Yonge-Dundas Square — Gondo only recently began locking her unit door when she’s at home…

Airbnb landlords should have to register for a renewable city permit, be subject to inspections and be restricted to a single rental unit that can be let for a maximum of 30 days per year, says a group pushing for limits on Toronto’s short-term rental industry…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, March 3, 2017 COALITION PROPOSES TEMPLATE TO REGULATE AIRBNB IN TORONTO Stop “ghost hotels,” but fair rules can permit true homesharing without threatening housing stock, Coalition says in white paper Ordinary renters and homebuyers are getting “Squeezed Out” of key neighborhoods in Toronto by short-term rentals sold online by commercial investors. […]

New Jersey took one step further Monday toward allowing the state’s municipalities to regulate Airbnb and other similar short-term rental apps.

It’s mostly white residents cashing in as Airbnb hosts in the city’s predominantly black neighborhoods, according to a new report by a watchdog website.