Ana Bailao successfully moved a motion blocking lawful secondary suites from being listed on short-term rental platforms like Airbnb. Vancouver, which just voted on its own short-term rental rules, also bans the listing of secondary suites. However, city staff confirmed the rules wouldn't block someone from offering up a finished basement apartment without the secondary suite designation. They note there are just over 1,750 lawful secondary suites, but tens of thousands of basement apartments across the city. Airbnb, by far the largest player in the short-term rental sector, says about 730 of its 10,000 listings in the city are secondary suites.

Source: CBC News November 15, 2017 17:03 UTC