But later in the day, McNama said in a written statement that “all short-term rental listings without a registration number on Airbnb will be disabled today.”ĭussault said limiting companies like Airbnb to listing only government-certified rental units “doesn’t solve everything.” He said the government should instead ban short-term rental companies from operating in the province. Seven people were killed in the blaze.Īs of Tuesday morning, the San Francisco-based housing marketplace still hosted Quebec listings without permit numbers issued by the province. I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement.Īirbnb said last week it would remove all Quebec listings without permits, eight days after a fatal fire destroyed an Old Montreal building that housed illegal rentals.

A rate below three per cent constitutes a housing shortage Montreal’s rate in 2022 was 2.3 per cent. “We don’t publish the number of listings in a city, but I can confirm that the number is inaccurate,” Airbnb spokesperson Matt McNama said in an interview.Ĭedric Dussault, a co-spokesperson for the tenants group, says vacancy rates in most regions of Quebec would be at three per cent or higher if the units on Airbnb were put on the long-term rental market.Ī rental market is considered balanced when the vacancy rate reaches three per cent, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham HughesĪirbnb on Tuesday said the data in the report is “inaccurate.” A report by a Montreal tenants' rights association says that 79 per cent of the 29,482 available Airbnb listings in the province in February were not certified. Lawrence River in Montreal, Saturday, Jan. The report also said that 95 per cent of Airbnb listings in Montreal’s northern suburb of Laval were uncertified.Ī person jogs next to a backdrop of the Montreal skyline as ice fog rises off the St. The group said that in some regions of the province, the number of February listings without registration numbers rose compared to the prior month. Short-term rental company Airbnb contributes to the housing shortage because the online platform takes units off the long-term rental market, the Coalition of Housing Committees and Tenants Associations of Quebec said in its report released Tuesday. MONTREAL – A report by a Montreal tenants’ rights association says 79 per cent of the roughly 30,000 units in Quebec that were available for rent in February on Airbnb were not certified by the province.

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