There were still thousands of short-term rentals in Vancouver operating without a licence leading up to the city’s deadline, according to a data analyst — and some of those that do have a permit are dubious, he says.
Jens von Bergmann runs MountainMath Software, a data modelling and visualization company. Last week, as a side project, he scrapped data from the popular short-term accommodation website Airbnb.
He says nearly half of the 4,690 listings didn’t include a licence number, which they’re required to do as per a new city policy.
“That definitely is not where things should be at this point,” von Bergmann said on Wednesday.
About half of
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