Airbnb has taken the city of San Francisco to court over a law requiring that the home-rental service verify its hosts are registered with the city or else face steep fines, but if yesterday’s interaction between a federal judge and lawyers representing Airbnb and Homeaway at a hearing in the case is any indication, the Chronicle reports that the […]

ALBANY — With a month to go before the elections, Airbnb is set to dump a whopping $10 million into a Super PAC it created to help with its fight in New York, the Daily News has learned…

Home-sharing service Airbnb has a tense relationship with its hometown of San Francisco, but the company says it’s been trying to please the city…

When Pierre Elliot Trudeau famously declared back in 1967 that “the state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation,” he was not referring to activities promoted by Airbnb. The then-federal minister of justice was introducing legislation that would decriminalize homosexual acts….

Airbnb is facing renewed calls for a federal investigation from more than a dozen US cities, boosting senator Elizabeth Warren’s efforts to force the popular home-sharing startup to release data on its affordable housing impact….

For 30 years the boxy, Second Empire-style building at 180 Sherbourne St. operated as a licensed rooming house for some of Toronto’s neediest residents…

Members of the Fairbnb.ca Coalition express support for city’s approach to regulating home-sharing at Vancouver City Council (VANCOUVER) The residents of Vancouver had their first opportunity to share their opinions on the City of Vancouver’s proposed short-term rental regulations today at a committee meeting of Vancouver City Council. Members of the Fairbnb.ca Coalition attended the […]

Toronto’s Vital Signs Report Warns of Airbnb’s Impact on Toronto’s Housing Market Report: “The rise of online app based home rental tools like Airbnb are undoubtedly contributing to low vacancy rates”  (TORONTO) Today, Toronto Foundation released its annual report on the state of the city, an invaluable snapshot about the trends and issues impacting the […]

After buying a 625-square-foot condo on King St. W. as an investment property, Vivian Mah hired a realtor to find a “Triple AAA professional tenant” who would pay the rent on time…

The prolific growth of the condos also saw the increase of renters and finally paved way to more and more people using Airbnb, said media reports…