As the City of Vancouver announces a proposed framework to regulate short-term rentals, the city’s chief licensing inspector has revealed that the owner of a Kitsilano apartment block investigated for operating 17 Airbnb units has fallen into compliance with city bylaws…

Rising housing and rent prices and the use of services like Airbnb for short-term rentals have made renting in the city a lot tougher, according to two Torontonians who feel like they’ve been pushed out of the city they love…

Critics claim short-term subletting on sites like Airbnb are pushing up local prices and reducing the number of homes available for those who need to rent long-term…

The European head of Airbnb has disputed claims that the company is driving up property prices and exacerbating London’s housing crisis…

Vancouver has joined a growing list of cities around the world grappling with both the new sharing economy and housing crises, proposing new restrictions for short-term rentals through platforms such as Airbnb…

City of Vancouver proposal would license Airbnb units and effectively ban so-called “ghost hotels” (TORONTO) Today, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson released the first comprehensive proposal by a major Canadian city to regulate Airbnb and other short-term rental companies. Amongst other benefits, the regulations would ban ghost hotel operations, returning hundreds of investor-held units to Vancouver’s […]

Controversy continues to swirl around short-term rental site Airbnb as condo owners and realtors pressure the city to create regulations or ban the service altogether, claiming it is responsible for the erosion Toronto’s rental market…

An increasing number of people are hoping Airbnb is a way into the real estate market, but it all depends on regulations…

A Toronto man is fighting eviction from his apartment, accusing the landlord of trying to turn his suite into an Airbnb rental…

Airbnb is allowing homeowners to advertise “rooms of doom” that accommodate as many as 30 people by stuffing beds into laundry rooms and air mattresses into kitchens, two state legislators charged Monday…