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

  • maporita@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    AorBnN makes more sense for a group of people traveling together. A couple of families or a single large family with lots of kids. In a hotel you each have to go to your own room whereas in a house you still get your own room but now you have common areas you can socialize in.