Airbnb Prunes Illegal Short-Term Rental Listings in Quebec After Fire
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Airbnb is removing listings that haven't received a permit from the government of Quebec following a fatal fire in Montreal in a building that was located in a section of the city where authorities barred short-term rentals.
Authorities removed four bodies from the historic building in Old Montreal, and three people were missing. Some of the victims had been Airbnb renters in the building.
Airbnb wrote a letter to the province's tourism minister vowing to remove listings that didn't have governmental permits, require new listings to provide a permit number, and give the Quebec government access to an Airbnb portal so provincial authorities might better enforce local regulations.
Policymakers at Airbnb or other platforms face a mixed bag of regulatory and enforcement activities in assorted geographies around the world.
Thus, Airbnb is now removing illegal listings in Quebec after a headline-grabbing fatal incident. In Palma, the capital of the Balearic Isla
