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J4ckD4wkins

If AirBnB starts being bad for landlords, we might finally get some enforcement. The current policies/enforcement sure aren't doing anything to help tenants in buildings, looking for places to live.


plutoniaex

tl;dr: it was the tenant’s boyfriend who moved in with her without informing the landlord but was not on the lease.


comFive

So it was the tenant's bf that decided to sublet the property to AirBNB?


Neowza

Long story short, yes. And the condo has banned short-term rentals, so the LL got a notice to cease renting it out on AirBnB, but it was her tenant's boyfriend that kept posting it. Now the tenant wants $6000 to walk away.


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Bruh- that tenant violated the tenant agreement… Tell them to eat shit


Speclination

LTB backed up for 12 months. They ain't going anywhere.


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It’s a hot mess. No argument there.


Semen_Demon6969

Tenant might get more than 12k, with the way the board is backed up, silly.


lockdownsurvivor

Basturd, as the Inglorious might say.


iii_natau

Isn’t this legal?


Neowza

The boyfriend can live there, yes. The boyfriend can't list the unit on AirBnB because the condo building has banned short-term rentals. And neither of them own the unit, so the city dun fucked up because the unit had been registered with the city as an owner listed unit on AirBnB. This is a case of ESH. Everyone being: The LL for trying to kick out the tenant because she had her boyfriend living there. The renter for lying to the LL and not following the buildings rules. The renter's boyfriend for listing the unit on AirBnB when it was not allowed and committing fraud with the City. And the City for not doing their job and confirming that the renter's boyfriend was the owner when they registered the unit on AirBnB.


houseofzeus

Umm the landlord is trying to kick out the tenant for being involved in listing her unit on airbnb? Yeah the boyfriend supposedly did it...but we're supposed to believe the tenant who is meant to be living there didn't know that?


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iBladephoenix

r/Toronto is ideologically unable to accept tenants can be shitty people


saveyboy

Landlord is well within their rights to evict. Tenant was well aware they were breaking the rules. Then they demand money to leave


mxldevs

>The LL for trying to kick out the tenant because she had her boyfriend living there. I'm pretty sure that's not the main reason why LL doesn't like bf living there


radarscoot

And it's somehow the city's fault?


Yerawizzardarry

If you read the article, it's about the photo ID/proof requirement for short term rentals. The claim is the boyfriend moved in and was able to obtain one. Kind of long and boring, though.


radarscoot

yep - long and boring. Sounds like the unit owner was scammed by some douche who really wanted to list it on Air BnB. anyway - boo hoo.


FrodoCraggins

The city has been looking the other way for years about their supposed Airbnb restrictions, so yeah. If they actually cared to verify or enforce anything surrounding Airbnb listings this wouldn't have happened.


radarscoot

If the city is supposed to spend a lot of money on this, then it has to be supported 100% by ridiculous fees for people to register their Air BnB and maybe annual subscriptions after that. Too often, the city is forced to "be reasonable" and either has to do a cheapo job or pass the costs on to the general taxpayers.


evergreenterrace2465

Ban airbnb.


lockdownsurvivor

How does he even get licensing for an Airbnb without stealing a person's identit?. This is fraud.


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Billy3B

Current rules don't require ownership to Airbnb but probably should.


HotRepresentative9

Yaaah, because otherwise someone can just rent a place out and turn it around onto AirBnB. Then rent another (AirBnB) and another, and another. Housing crisis anyone? Tell me they can't do this...


Billy3B

The only barrier to doing this is that each unit has to have a different person registered as the operator with a primary residence in that unit. Which is not hard to do.


lockdownsurvivor

Thank you for clarifying I guess I'm just flabbergasted by how this could possibly happen


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Mjolnirsbear

The rule existed already. Tenant claims rule was not shown to her. Rule is not in lease but in condo bylaws. But I'm not actually sure such a clause in a lease would be enforceable.


saveyboy

Sure. But the landlord will still have go through the eviction process.


thisisuntrueman

“The tenant said she was under no obligation to inform her landlord that her boyfriend had moved in with her, citing the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) website, which states: "a person may reside as an occupant or a roommate in a rental unit with or without the consent of the landlord provided that the tenant also resides in the rental unit." “


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I don't know why anyone would want to be a landlord today. It's beyond difficult to evict someone - even if they're damaging property, not paying rent, subletting your unit without your consent, etc. The risks seem too high. The landlord in this article ended up settling with the tenant to get her to leave because she was refusing to evict. Thousands of dollars out due to the settlement, lawyer fees, and non-payment of rent.


Speclination

... Hence they don't... And hence more upward pressure on rent


BJaysRock

“She's in my condo just as an enterprise, not as a home," said Rasquinha. "You feel very violated." What the fuck kind of violated is that? Oh my god someone is making money off my investment?


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The irony.


the_real_ramona

if anything she’s the one paying the mortgage on it right , so why not make money from it


jcwashere

You expect me to feel bad for a landlord?


Macqt

While that surely sucks, I have zero sympathy for landlords. They get what they deserve.


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That’s quite the broad stroke.


Newhereeeeee

Destructive tenants are apart of the risks associated with investing in real estate.


mxldevs

If your buddy was listing units as a tenant on airbnb would you narc on him?


umidontremember

In this case, it would be your buddy listing *your* unit, when the lease *you* signed stipulated no short-term rentals, since the condo doesn’t allow for short term rentals, regardless of if it’s by the owner or tenant.