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Head of neighbourhood coalition opposing Vancouver housing strategy accused of running illegal Airbnb
By ThinkPol Staff The head of a coalition of Vancouver neighbourhood groups opposing City of Vancouver’s recently unveiled housing strategy stands accused of running an illegal Airbnb operation. The City of Vancouver’s Housing Vancouver report[1]http://council.vancouver.ca/20171128/documents/rr1.pdf outlines a strategy for densifying
Airbnb neighbour damages your property? Insurance won’t help
By Lisa Tanh A freehold property owner in Vancouver claims Wawanesa Insurance will not cover damage incurred by neighbouring Airbnb operators. Last week, Shane Richardson, a freehold property owner in Vancouver, renewed his home insurance with Wawanesa Insurance, one of
Krishna’s report to the Council on short term rentals, Airbnb-commissioned report done by her former lobbying company show similarities
By ThinkPol Staff ThinkPol has obtained an unpublished report by Kaye Krishna’s former lobbying company that show similarities to the report the Vancouver official presented to the council on the impact of short term rentals. Vancouver’s General manager of Development,
Wanted: Rusty RV to run Airbnb outside Vancouver Mayor’s house
By Lisa Tanh A Vancouverite has put up a Craigslist ad for an RV or trailer to rent outside of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson’s house because they want him to understand how legalizing Airbnb hurts residents in the city. The
Pressure mounts on City of Vancouver’s Kaye Krishna to resign over Airbnb fiasco
By ThinkPol Staff Pressure is mounting on Kaye Krishna to stand down as the Vancouver official responsible for the Airbnb file. Critics allege that she has not done enough to crackdown on short term rentals mushrooming in a city grappling
Vancouver official denies Airbnb involvement, defends decision to stop taking Twitter complaints
By Lisa Tanh The head of Vancouver’s Development, Buildings, and Licensing department says tweeting about illegal short-term rentals in the city raises security and privacy issues. As of yesterday, the city of Vancouver’s VanConnect[1]http://vancouver.ca/vanconnect.aspx desktop and mobile app, added a
Airbnb will grow 5x in Vancouver if legalized, CFP warns
By Lisa Tanh Vancouver will go from 6,000 to 30,000 Airbnb units if the city legalizes the service impacting affordable rents for long-term housing says a certified financial planner. Last Tuesday, the city hosted a public hearing on regulating short-term
3 in 4 Vancouver Airbnb units run by commercial hosts
By Amy Chen Three in four Airbnb units available in Vancouver are operated by commercial hosts, an analysis of the platform’s listings show. An analysis of 416 randomly extracted listings showed that 317 of them belonged to hosts who were
Prominent Vancouverites may be breaking the law running illegal Airbnb operations
A doctor, an engineer and a professor are among the prominent Vancouverites who appear to be breaking the law by running short term rentals on Airbnb. While short term rentals are illegal under Vancouver’s by-laws, lax enforcement has seen them grow
Non-resident buyers snap up Vancouver homes to run illegal Airbnb hotels despite tax
By Amy Chen Non-resident buyers are still snapping up homes in Vancouver to turn them into illegal short term rental hotels on Airbnb and other platforms despite the 15% foreign buyer tax imposed last year, an analysis of short term
