A family from Switzerland who booked a long-term Airbnb rental says their landlord tried to kick them out halfway through their stay.

When Tianning Ning and her family found a home in a quiet neighbourhood near Yonge and St. Clair they could book on Airbnb for the 10 months her husband would be a visiting professor at York University, it seemed perfect.  

For a Switzerland professor contracted to work in Ontario for a year, Airbnb looked like the right option for a family of five. Tianning Ning’s husband was hired as a visiting professor at York University, and she said it took a while to find the right place to stay – especially since they hadn’t built […]

More provinces should follow Quebec’s lead in seeking to hold short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb accountable for uncertified listings, advocates say.

An opposition politician is calling on Doug Ford’s government to crack down on Airbnb units, asserting that hosts using the notorious short-term rental service are exploiting a loophole in the City of Toronto’s new short-term rental bylaw.

For years, Quebec has had what many experts viewed as one of the strongest laws in Canada to regulate Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms. Airbnb hosts had to register with the provincial government, or they could face fines. But it was also clear the law wasn’t actually working, with the vast majority of Montreal’s […]

A few weeks ago, a story broke about a family of five who relocated to Toronto from Switzerland for a ten-month work assignment. Unable to find housing, they turned to Airbnb to find a home close to public transit, schools, and work. This story sounds like Airbnb promotional material right up until the point where […]

For a Switzerland professor contracted to work in Ontario for a year, Airbnb looked like the right option for a family of five. Tianning Ning’s husband was hired as a visiting professor at York University, and she said it took a while to find the right place to stay – especially since they hadn’t built […]

Calgarian Steve Smith says the past couple of weeks have been filled with sleepless nights and dead-end bot conversations on Airbnb’s portal as his family tried to convince the online rental platform to return a $3,300 cancellation fee on a Toronto summer rental.