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Toronto’s Short-Term Rental Bylaw Under Review

The City of Toronto is evaluating its short-term rental bylaw to identify areas of improvement. Specifically, the City is considering strengthening the primary residence requirement, streamlining the operator registration revocation process, introducing additional measures to curtail rental activity by unregistered…

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Land Transfer Tax Relief

Councillors Push for Land Transfer Tax Relief

Two Toronto councillors want to see an increase in the municipal land transfer tax rebate for first-time homebuyers. Mark Grimes (Ward 3 Etobicoke-Lakeshore) and Brad Bradford (Ward 19 Beaches-East York) tabled the motion in January. The pair have asked city staff to…

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What Toronto’s Short-Term Rental Rules Mean

An appeal against Toronto's short-term rental regulations has been dismissed. The ruling by the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Nov. 18, upholds the adoption of zoning bylaw amendments for short-term rentals by city council in December 2017. A short-term rental is defined as…

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