More Canadian provinces should crack down on illegal Airbnbs: advocates
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.
In March, seven people died in a fire in an Old Montreal heritage building that had been housing illegal short-term rentals on Airbnb. The company later said it would voluntarily remove all uncertified listings in Quebec from its online platform and require all new listings to have certificate numbers.
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.”That would come as welcome news to the Union of BC Municipalities , which has been calling for better regulation of short-term rentals in the province for five years, said its president Jen Ford.
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