FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fairbnb Coalition: majority of Airbnb’s Revenue is generated by commercial hosts (TORONTO) Today, Canada’s national coalition pushing for fair rules for short-term rentals is releasing some interim figures (see appendix) on Airbnb’s business in Toronto. These figures are being made public prior to the release of the coalition’s white paper, which presents […]

According to a new report from Airbnb, Los Angeles hosts have generated more than $13 million in tax revenue for the city since this summer. The company claims the “vast majority” of that money is going toward homeless assistance, but that’s a bit of an overstatement…

Facing an explosion of residents renting on Airbnb, Mississauga is looking to possibly regulate the short-term rental market…

CHICAGO — At least 91,000 of Chicago’s apartment and condo units, about 7.6 percent of all housing units in Chicago, are on the city’s list of places that cannot host guests through home-sharing services like Airbnb. The city recently made public a list of 940 buildings across Chicago that have submitted documents to the city to formally exclude short-term […]

The Portland City Council’s Housing Committee came one step closer Wednesday to recommending regulations on short-term rentals like Airbnb, including a prohibition against rentals in non-owner occupied single-family homes…

An American artist had her apartment trashed by thugs who used a ‘fake’ Airbnb profile to rent it for a New Year’s Eve party…

The sharing economy is a booming industry, with companies such as Uber and Airbnb generating billions in value each year. Technology, combined with informal peer business practice, has made it easier than ever to call for a ride or rent a living space…

IT’S the sharing economy giant that revolutionised travel, letting people rent out their spare rooms for a fraction of the cost of a hotel stay. But Airbnb can be a minefield for the uninitiated, as a newcomer to the site discovered when she forked out $76 for two nights in a private room in Melbourne […]

As the home-sharing service Airbnb continues to grow in Calgary, with more than 2,000 listings currently available in the city, Alberta’s hotel industry is feeling uneasy…

Councillors in Richmond, B.C., have voted to prohibit short-term rentals such as Airbnb, despite approving a plan less than a week earlier that would have regulated and legalized such services…