Response to Audit Committee's Request on Whether the Audit of the Short-Term Rental Program and Municipal Accommodation Tax, outlined in the Auditor General's 2024 Annual Report (January 29, 2025), Includes 181 and 219 Dundas Street East

Our online search for illegal short-term rental listings may have included these locations, however it is not possible to link the online listings to specific addresses. As supplemental information for City Council, we used the data extract from our audit of the short-term rental database and transactions from two licensed companies and found 70 transactions at 181 Dundas St. E. and 52 at 219 Dundas St. E. between 2021 and 2023. As of February 29, 2024, when we extracted the short-term rental registration data for our audit, both locations had one active permit each. In a subsequent update on March 11, 2025, Municipal Licensing and Standards (MLS) confirmed that all active short-term rental permits at 181 and 219 Dundas Street East had been canceled or revoked following investigations. MLS also engaged with property management at both locations and verified that short-term rentals are prohibited under the respective condominium by-law declarations.