Update on Short Term Rental Regulations

Alas, Council's request went largely unheeded. In November, 2019 the LPAT issued a ruling that dismissed the appeals and upheld City Council's adopted zoning bylaw for short-term rentals and since then City staff have been working to implement the regulations adopted by Council. In February 2019, Council considered a City commissioned report on Toronto's housing market that warned: In the absence of government intervention and action across the housing continuum, Toronto's low- and moderate income households will face a grim housing situation. Unremedied, the housing situation in Toronto will produce consequential challenges for equity, cohesion, and economic prosperity in the city. The report projects worsening conditions among those already severely burdened households, including low-income households; seniors with multiple health conditions and fixed incomes; lone parent families, households receiving social assistance, and immigrants. With concerns about mass residential evictions resulting from the economic crisis caused by the pandemic and changes to provincial regulations, it would be helpful at this time to get an interim update on the short term rental regulations and registration implementation process and for that to address the questions that arise out of concerns in implementing short term rental regulations in other jurisdictions.

Will Short Term Rental Companies de-list all those properties that have no valid, city-issued permit number attached? b. Will Short Term Rental Companies ensure that only valid city registration numbers are used? c. How will Short Term Rental Companies distinguish between a valid and a made up registration number? d. Will Short Term Rental Companies de-list all properties that currently say "exempt" in their registration field?