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Some property owners in Tofino are bumping up against the details of the province’s short-term rentals rules. They are upset the district chose to opt in to the province’s additional primary residence requirements when it didn’t have to. As Claire Palmer reports, some of them don’t feel Tofino council is listening.
Just over a year after the B.C. resort municipality of Tofino voted to opt in to provincial rules restricting short-term rentals, council has decided to ask the province if it can back out.
Last year, the B.C. NDP government made changes to the Short-Term Rental Accommodation Act to target operators who rent out multiple units over the short term in residences where they do not live themselves, through platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo.
Tourism-dependent communities like Tofino, located on the west coast of Vancouver Island, were not included in the principal residence requirement, according to the province.
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