Airbnb: 79 Percent of Quebec Rentals in February Not Certified, Housing Group Says

A person jogs next to a backdrop of the Montreal skyline as ice fog rises off the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, Jan. 22, 2022. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

A report by a Montreal tenants’ rights association says 79 percent of the roughly 30,000 units in Quebec that were available for rent in February on Airbnb were not certified by the province.

The Coalition of Housing Committees and Tenants Associations of Quebec says Airbnb has contributed to the housing shortage because the platform takes units off the long-term rental market.