Montreal is further tightening restrictions around short-term vacation rental platforms by boosting the number of inspectors and limiting when people can rent out their primary residences.
The city announced Thursday that people will only be allowed to rent their primary residences on platforms such as Airbnb between June 10 and Sept. 10, with some exceptions.
Mayor Valérie Plante said the city hopes the new rules will return as many as 2,000 units back to the long-term rental market.
“Today my message is that illegal business on the back of Montreal renters is finished,” Plante told a news conference.
The city says that despite efforts in recent years to crack down, more than half of the 4,000 units on short-term rental platforms are listed illegally….