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Montreal needs a total ban on all VRBOs, and an anti-slumlord task force

by Taylor C. Noakes

An Old Montreal building that burned down today, resulting in fatalities and injuries, is owned by the former proprietor of the building where seven people died in a fire in Airbnb rental units in March 2023.

After seven people died in an Old Montreal Airbnb in the spring of 2023, Mayor Plante vowed to crack down on illegal short-term rentals. The result was inspections, fines and registration numbers.

It didn’t work. 

It is inexcusable that more people have died in a building owned by Émile Benamor.

Mayor Plante, Montreal needs a total ban on all VRBOs.

We need an army of inspectors and an anti-slumlord task force, too. 

We need you to fight for us — the citizens — and stop protecting the speculators and slumlords whose greed is literally destroying this city.

If you don’t fight for us, don’t expect us to vote for you.

Montreal needs a total ban on all VRBOs, and an anti-slumlord task force

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by Taylor C. Noakes

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Taylor C. Noakes is a public historian, independent journalist & part-time iconoclast.