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British Columbia has effectively banned whole house Airbnb rentals Province wide, and it's no longer possible to buy a condo and rent it out 24/7 as if it was a
by Tiktaalik 2y ago
British Columbia has effectively banned whole house Airbnb rentals Province wide, and it's no longer possible to buy a condo and rent it out 24/7 as if it was a hotel.*
Have any other States enacted rules this severe? Are any about to?
Various cities have enacted Airbnb regulations, but it's at the State/Provincial level where enforcement would start to have real teeth and Airbnb would genuinely start to be in trouble.
* Exceptions: Municipalities below 10k and those with rental vacancy above 3% can opt out of the rules.
- tangoman 2y agoThis law looks nice on paper, but in practice is another thing. I don't know how the enforcement it's done, but anecdotally a friend moved from Calgary to Vancouver for work and the company rented him an Airbnb apartment, the whole place for him, even the building have signs that the Strata forbids Airbnb.
- Tiktaalik 2y agoIt's pretty much a brand new law (as of May 1) so we're yet to see what the level of enforcement is. Vancouver has had its own Airbnb bylaws (that the Provincial rules crib from) for years but bylaws are easily ignored and Vancouver's enforcement ability was very low. No real surprise to hear that someone in Vancouver was breaking the Vancouver Airbnb bylaws. The Province does have much more ability to enforce the law that a city. So will be interesting to see.