CP NewsAlert: B.C. to bring in new rules on short-term rentals to create more housing
VICTORIA — The B.C. government has introduced legislation that would rein in what it says is a rapidly expanding short-term rental market.
Premier David Eby says the number of short-term rentals has ballooned in recent years and the government is taking action to reduce the “profit-driven mini-hotel operators” by bringing in new enforcement tools.
More coming.
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