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Over 1,000 Vancouver Airbnb hosts defy new BC short-term rental rules

May 17, 2024
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By Chen Zhou and Rohana Rezel Over a thousand Vancouver Airbnb hosts are defying the new short-term rental rules aimed at “reining in the growing short-term rental market that is taking homes off the market” in British Columbia that came into effect on May 1, 2024. Our most recent scan of Airbnb data for Vancouver […]

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Over 1,000 Airbnb listings in Vancouver display expired licences

April 23, 2024
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By Chen Zhou and Rohana Rezel British Columbia’s much anticipated short-term rental regulations are coming into force on May 1. Short-term rental operators will be required to display valid local government business licence numbers, where business licences are required, as is the case in Vancouver. But with just over a week to go before the […]