Vancouver city council approved a motion Wednesday to ask city staff to come up with ways to control short-term housing rental services such as Airbnb.
City staff were told to study the impact those services have on rental properties, gather input from tourism and hotel industries, and look at what other cities are doing to regulate Airbnb.
A handful of residents also attended the meeting Wednesday to voice their concerns about Airbnb. Many want the city to crackdown on Airbnb hosts who treat their properties, especially multi-unit properties, like hotels.
"What I've encountered is that ten units that used to be occupied by renters and owners are now occupied by tourists. Those are ten units that used to be affordable rental," said Ulrike Rodrigues, who lives in an apartment on Broadway and Fraser Street.
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