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Are short-term renters covered by condo insurance?

November 29, 2023 Philip Porado

An Airbnb renter can be considered an insured under a strata’s insurance policy but may not necessarily rely on other liability protections in a strata’s bylaws, a B.C. Supreme Court justice determined in Strata Plan VR 2213 v Schappert, 2023

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What the court said about a condo owner using his unit for Airbnb 

June 29, 2023 by Jason Contant

British Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered a strata corporation to direct one of its council members to stop using a unit for short-term accommodations (STAs) after finding the council member violated a strata bylaw.  The case centred around Bylaw

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Questions raised about safety of Old Montreal building destroyed by fatal fire

March 27, 2023 Morgan Lowrie - THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL – More than a week after a fatal fire tore through a building in Old Montreal, accounts from former tenants and victims of the blaze are raising questions about the safety of the heritage property. Five bodies had been

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The ‘Triple A’s’ to successfully navigate your company through the pandemic

September 7, 2021 by Jason Contant

The ‘Triple As’ of strategic agility — avoid, absorb and accelerate — are distinct ways that successful companies navigated the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent blog from Harvard Business Review. Companies such as Airbnb that not just survived by

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Airbnb sees promise in rural Canada as company slowly rebuilds from pandemic lull

April 29, 2021 Tara Deschamps - THE CANADIAN PRESS

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world last year, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky watched business shrivel up at record speed and his company’s phonelines flood with cancellations, eventually leading him to lay off 1,900 workers. But under that cloud

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Why this strata’s bylaws on Airbnb were deemed unenforceable

January 28, 2020 by Jason Contant

If you own a strata lot in Vancouver, can you use your unit for short-term accommodation through Airbnb? Yes, if your strata bylaws support short-term rentals in your building, according to Airbnb. But in two recent cases before the province’s

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Vancouver’s short-term rental listings drop by half after new rules introduced

September 11, 2018 The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER – The City of Vancouver says the number of short-term rentals listed online has dropped by almost half since new rules came into effect requiring operators to have a business licence. There are 3,742 active Vancouver listings on sites

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Airbnb asks federal government for regulation

August 20, 2018 Jordan Press - THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA – One of the world’s largest short-term rental websites is inviting the Trudeau Liberals to create a regulatory regime for the burgeoning industry – something its critics have long advocated and raising pressure on the government to set rules

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Montreal borough votes to restrict Airbnb-style rentals in downtown core

June 13, 2018 The Canadian Press

MONTREAL – A Montreal borough is bringing in new rules aimed at limiting the number of short-term rentals in the city’s downtown core. Councillors in the Ville-Marie borough voted in support of a new motion on Tuesday evening to restrict

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Airbnb rentals being used for alleged human trafficking: Toronto police

February 22, 2018 Michelle McQuigge - THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto police say a recent case of alleged human trafficking is the latest in a growing trend involving people using Airbnb rentals to conduct their illicit transactions. Det. Sgt. Nunzio Tramontozzi said police have seen a surge in such cases

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Four markets for Airbnb coverage

November 20, 2017 Jason Contant, Online Editor

With Vancouver City Council voting to approve new regulations for short-term rentals, including Airbnb, and Toronto considering the move, the question remains: who is insuring these rentals? Stefan Tirschler, product and underwriting manager at Vancouver-based Square One Insurance Services, told

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Newly legalized Airbnb rentals — Who’s insuring them?

November 16, 2017 Jason Contant, Online Editor

Vancouver City Council has approved new regulations for short-term rentals, including Airbnb, legalizing rentals of less than 30 days in principal residences in the city. The regulations, which come into effect April 2018, allow city residents to apply for and