The Quebec government tabled a bill last Tuesday that would require short-term rental companies to ensure their online listings are certified by the province
The proposed rules would mark a first for a Canadian jurisdiction, said David Wachsmuth, the Canada Research Chair in Urban Governance at McGill University, noting Quebec and some cities across the country have previously only targeted hosts with unregistered listings.
“The new law puts an onus on Airbnb to actually receive the permit itself from the host. I think that really changes the game in terms of how likely it is that people are going to follow these rules.” Cities such as Vancouver and Toronto have mandatory registration systems in place for short-term rentals, but Wachsmuth said that neither framework requires the platform to take the additional step of pro-actively validating a listing’s permit number.
“The province basically levelled the playing field for all the communities in Quebec and I think we will see the same thing happening in British Columbia, where the province is working on a similar approach.”Last December, Premier David Eby tasked newly appointed Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon in his mandate letter with introducing “legislation establishing new tools for local governments to help them better regulate short term rentals in their communities.
“It eats into long-term housing accommodations for renters, for people looking to to live long-term in a community, and we are in a housing crisis,” said Ford.
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