Article content We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Short-term rental rules battle headed to tribunal Back to video “I can assure you I’ve probably got about 20 to 30 calls from irate people that are upset because some of these places have opened up their homes,” Coun. Bill Dennis said, adding council’s recent move to regulate the fewer-than-30-days bookings has opened up a “can of worms.” Dennis pitched the idea of regulating short-term rental operators like Airbnb in 2019, concerned about what he calls “essentially hotels” in residential neighbourhoods causing disruption – out-of-towners disturbing neighbours, he said – and eating into housing stock amid an affordable housing supply crunch in the city.