New regulations in Quebec that encourage platforms like Airbnb to police their own listings could help improve housing affordability, experts and advocates say.

Platforms like Airbnb are receiving renewed scrutiny amid a return to summer travel and an uptick in demand for short-term rentals, because of their role in making housing less affordable for some Canadians. Anne Gaviola has more on the impact of short-term rentals and the push for regulation

  • CoffeeBotEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Betteridges Law of Headlines. No. We need speculation out of real estate to see any just transition to a sane market where people can actually own a home they live in.