Vancouver plans more Airbnb limits to ease near-zero home supply

Vancouver

VANCOUVER is preparing to impose more restrictions on Airbnb Inc and other short-term rental operators as Canada's priciest housing market seeks to ease its near-zero supply of homes to let.

"We're going to require a business licence for anyone doing short-term rentals," Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson said on Friday in an interview at Bloomberg headquarters in New York. "We don't want to see units taken out of the rental pool and not effectively taxed like all the rest of the hospitality industry."