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this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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In Montreal an Airbnb cought fire and killed 6 guests and one tenant because the owner converted a house to multiple Airbnb ignoring all regulation (including fire marshal rules)
English article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-old-port-fire-1.6788756
The province ended up banning Airbnbs but I don't know the details of the bag
Airbnbs were already illegal in the old port before that event. The company still allowed them to be posted. I'm quite sure the province didn't ban them too, there are still legal postings. Unfortunately, not much happened after this event. Media pressure made it so that Airbnb closed a bunch of illegal ads, but without legislation and enforcement its only temporary.
Exactly nothing changed. There's still just as many illegal air bnbs in Montreal.
How did they end up banning AirBnBs? I was just browsing Montreal AirBnBs yesterday ( funny enough).