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There's a new squad cracking down on illegal Airbnbs in Montreal, four months after a deadly fire stirred nationwide discussion about short-term rentals and their lack of oversight. The four-person squad will target the Plateau-Mont-Royal, Ville-Marie and Sud-Ouest boroughs, where most short-term rental listings are located, despite being illegal in many neighbourhoods.
After leaving it vacant for a decade, the City of Montreal is selling the 1910 building. The buyer would have to shoulder the costs to repair and preserve its historic nature.
The building, newly acquired by the city, is a seven-unit rooming house on Centre Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles where vulnerable tenants are paying low rents.
The building, newly acquired by the city, is a seven-unit rooming house on Centre Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles where vulnerable tenants are paying low rents.
The City of Montreal has been sitting on a vast piece of land for six years that could help with the housing shortage, but private developers have so far expressed little interest.