Condo owners fined for Airbnb rental
Some owners of downtown condos have been handed hefty fines by Superior Court for renting their places on Airbnb – or even for renting their places conventionally to tenants who rent them out in turn on Airbnb.
Maybe I’m thick, but I can’t make out from this story what the legal basis for these fines is.
Jim Royal 07:58 on 2020-03-06 Permalink
I believe the issue here is that the property is an undivided co-ownership, although this is not fully spelled out in the article. The terms of the mortgages for such properties usually prohibit subletting.
Andrew 09:07 on 2020-03-06 Permalink
I think it’s the same case as this one; same building, same amount. The fines would be spelled out in the co-ownership agreement, the case is just the condo association suing to collect.
http://mtlcityweblog.com/2020/01/28/condo-owners-to-pay-airbnb-fine/
Kate 11:07 on 2020-03-06 Permalink
Thanks. It sounded like way more money than the government is willing to countenance.
TransitBuff 12:19 on 2020-03-06 Permalink
It’s divided co-ownership (condo) and the building has a “declaration of co-ownership” which includes a règlement de l’immeuble (a by-law) giving the syndicate of co-ownership certain powers to collect things like condo fees and special assessments. The by-law probably gives the syndicate powers to fine owners who violate the by-law and the owners who received a fine for short-term renting out units probably challenged the legality of the syndicates power to fine and lost.