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We’re calling on the @bcndp to immediately regulate the #ShortTermRental industry in order to reduce its effects on the #housingcrisis & improve safety for renters & hosts.
Our call is a 2-pronged approach to improve:
1) Data gathering/sharing.
2) Bylaw enforcement.
1/ #bcpoli
Our call is a 2-pronged approach to improve:
1) Data gathering/sharing.
2) Bylaw enforcement.
1/ #bcpoli
Currently, BC has no system to accurately identify the number or type of housing units in the short-term rental market
Even in municipalities with existing bylaws and business license programs, hundreds if not thousands of units listed on these sites are unlicensed. 2/ #bcpoli
Even in municipalities with existing bylaws and business license programs, hundreds if not thousands of units listed on these sites are unlicensed. 2/ #bcpoli
According to Independent watchdog Inside Airbnb there are just under 6,000 listings in Vancouver alone with 82% of them being entire homes or apartments.
And almost 30% of them are unlicensed. 3/ #bcpoli #ShortTermRentals
insideairbnb.com/vancouver/
And almost 30% of them are unlicensed. 3/ #bcpoli #ShortTermRentals
insideairbnb.com/vancouver/
I just went through the City of Toronto's Short-Term Rental $50 registration process to see how it went. I'll tweet some screenshots and observations. But first, the link. #shorttermrentals #airbnb /1
toronto.ca/community-peop…
toronto.ca/community-peop…
It asks if the place is your principal residence (a requirement), then gives some helpful guidance. /2
When it asks what kind of building it is, there was something interesting under Single/Semi that wasn't under Townhouse/Rowhouse, and that was a Laneway Suite/Guest House option. Laneway suites are permissable in some rowhouses (e.g. end of row, or 1m wide walkway) so, weird. /3
