Short rent is illegal? Vancouver's new housing lease rules hit?

I believe you have heard about Airbnb. Yes, it is a website for renting accommodation for the public. Travelers can publish, explore and book unique houses around the world through websites or mobile phones. The landlord provides all kinds of facilities, including kitchen, washing machine and dishwasher for cooking. , deeply loved by the public.

However, the Vancouver City Government will regulate Airbnb's use of short rent. Recently, Mayor Luo Pinxin announced a tentative plan, which prohibits renting non-self-use houses on Airbnb and requires other short rent residents to hold business licenses.

According to the plan of Vancouver city government, short-term lessors in Vancouver need to obtain a permit, and only owners or tenants who are reported as PrincipalResidence can apply for the full or partial use of the property in short rent. Non-owner-occupied properties are prohibited in short rent. The plan will be submitted to the city Council for discussion, and the municipal government estimates that if the new bill is passed. Legalize about 50% of the existing short-term rental houses and ban more than 1 000 short-term rental houses, so that there will be more long-term rental houses in the market.

Luo Pinxin, Mayor of Vancouver, said that there will be a new proposal for the short rent market, which requires landlords in short rent to hold relevant licenses, including Airbnb and all other forms of short rent. This move is believed to turn nearly 65,438+0,000 short-term rental properties into long-term rental.

According to the proposed regulations, people who wish to get permission must prove that the property is their main residence. Similarly, public properties such as apartments and urban houses need to prove that the property is allowed to be rented for a short time. The proposal also requires landlords to enter the number of their business licenses when posting short-term lease advertisements online or elsewhere to show that they are legal, and the municipal government will also publish corresponding information for tenants to inquire. The mayor promised that if the proposal is passed, the tax revenue will be used for measures such as the construction of affordable housing in the future.

In addition, the short-term rental time is generally less than 30 days, and the short-term rental property defined by law is the landlord's own first-class residential property, which means that it is legal for the owner to rent the surplus rooms in his own residential property, or the surplus parts in the basement, alley room, garage and other self-occupied properties. Other things, such as investing in real estate, holiday homes, houseboats, cars and trailers, are illegal.

Luo Pinxin, the mayor, stressed that the house is mainly for families to live in, not for business. At the same time, the proposal will standardize thousands of properties in short rent, and make nearly 1 000 properties in short rent return to the long-term rental market, thus alleviating the current vacancy rate in Vancouver, which is close to zero. "/zd/lx "