Dear Editor:
Re: Editorial: It’s check-out time for short-term rentals
These actions by the NDP government are no more than vote buying, a thinly veiled attempt to shuffle the blame and responsibility for providing rental housing to British Columbians.
Most Airbnb hosts are respectable, considerate citizens yet the province turns a blind eye to the many thousands of illegal, unauthorized suites that have been around for decades?
Most of these suites do not meet basic building safety codes. Their owners often pay no income tax on rental income, nor do they pay additional property taxes for use of municipal services by their tenants. They do not have to provide one off-street parking space as is required for authorized suites. The lack of enforcement encourages more of the same.
I am not a landlord or Airbnb host.
Jo-Lue Bloomer
North Vancouver
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