City adding new rules to short-term rentals
The city is adding new rules to control short‑term rentals in an effort to combat the housing shortage.
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jeather 20:53 on 2025-06-02 Permalink
It’s meaningless, they have rules which they don’t check up on, even on complaints. A friend who lives in an explicitly “not allowed here” area has a neighbour that is all Airbnb, has complained multiple times, and it’s just a black hole. You can have all the rules you like, but if you don’t actually do anything to rulebreakers why waste your time?
walkerp 09:49 on 2025-06-03 Permalink
I’m very confused by what is going on, because I hear here that there is no enforcement. Then people from out of town are telling me that airbnb doesn’t even work in Montreal anymore at all.
jeather 11:09 on 2025-06-03 Permalink
What do they mean by “doesn’t work”? I believe there are fewer that cost more, which I guess could count.
Ephraim 11:21 on 2025-06-03 Permalink
Considering the fines, you would think that the city would be more interested in enforcement. But then, we don’t have a law that allows us to sue the city for not enforcing it’s own bylaws.
Which, if you think about it, is sort of silly… Could you imagine if a private company sold you a service and didn’t provide the service? Essentially property tax is the payment for city services… we should have a law on the books that enforces their providing the services they are supposed to provide for the fees we pay.
And if you can’t enforce, remove the bylaw.
walkerp 16:44 on 2025-06-04 Permalink
I’m not on airbnb so can’t check, but they say you can’t even use airbnb anymore in Montreal, that there is nothing available.
MarcG 16:56 on 2025-06-04 Permalink
I just looked and there’s tons available even on a weekend in July.
walkerp 20:48 on 2025-06-04 Permalink
Yeah, that’s what I thought. Seemed weird, but I heard it from two different people.
jeather 21:25 on 2025-06-04 Permalink
I’m betting “at the price we’re willing to pay” is the unspoken second half of their complaint.
Ian 07:48 on 2025-06-05 Permalink
It’s been a while that Airbnb isn’t always cheaper than hotels, just more conveniently located for some, and availability is an issue.
I just googled “airbnb mile end montreal” and the first hit was an apartment for $100 a night. From the photos it looks like it’s above Helm on Bernard near Parc. No availability until September. For 30 bucks more Expedia gives me 4 hotels downtown on the July 4th weekend.
CE 11:43 on 2025-06-05 Permalink
Working regularly with tourists, I’m hearing a lot of complaints about Airbnb. Rooms that are different from the photos, bad locations, bad service, high prices. The one thing the company has going for it though is that younger people often have this idea that the only option for accommodations is Airbnb. It doesn’t even cross their minds to stay at a hotel or hostel (much like calling/hailing a taxi when Ubers aren’t available or are very expensive). I met one couple who, when in Vancouver where Airbnbs are mostly restricted, stayed in one in Burnaby and had to rent a car to get around. They probably could have gotten a very nice hotel room in the city for what they paid for the Airbnb and car rental.