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Toronto is barely a month into enforcing its rules for short-term rental (STR) accommodations, but already some of those who run so-called “ghost hotels” are slipping through gaps in the regulations.
Despite having passed its by-law in 2017 and having delayed applying its regulations for most of 2020, in its first report to city council on STR enforcement the Municipal Licensing & Standards (MLS) department presented a regime that is still a work in progress.