BC United housing critic Karin Kirkpatrick said that while action on short-term rentals is needed, the NDP's plan needs some 'common sense' changes.
British Columbia’s official Opposition is proposing a suite of amendments to the NDP’s proposed legislation to crack down onUnder the proposed rules, British Columbians would only be able to rent out their primary residence and one additional secondary suite to people staying for fewer than 90 days. Communities with populations under 10,000 people would be exempted.
“We’ve heard from a number of people in different sectors and industry, doctors, nurses, students who are actually using this on a consistent basis to be able to travel and serve different communities in B.C. and this is really going to restrict their ability to do that,” Kirkpatrick said Tuesday. Kirkpatrick said that change is needed given Metro Vancouver’s critical shortage of hotel spaces, and in view of B.C. planning to hold major international events like the FIFA 2026 Men’s World Cup.“There are going to be about 269,000 people coming to B.C. for that event, and most of those will be outside of Canada, outside of the U.S. We have about 23,000 hotel spaces in the Lower Mainland,” she said.
“I do not think the way forward is to turn this legislation into Swiss cheese, to create a bunch of loopholes that people who are motivated by profit drive a freight train though,” he said.
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