Real Estate

City of Vancouver is investigating 1,500 illegal short-term rentals

Since launching the new short-term rental regulations on April 19, the city of Vancouver has received 430 citizen complaints and is actively investigating more than 1,500 illegal listings. They include 89 commercial operations, over 400 illegal/unsafe listings, over 100 listings with duplicate/incorrect business licenses, and nearly 400 short-them rental listings that...

By The Editors /

Since launching the new short-term rental regulations on April 19, the city of Vancouver has received 430 citizen complaints and is actively investigating more than 1,500 illegal listings. They include 89 commercial operations, over 400 illegal/unsafe listings, over 100 listings with duplicate/incorrect business licenses, and short-them listings that have either been converted to long-term rental units or delisted.