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STR restrictions suppress listings without producing meaningful LTR rent declines1. The Conference Board of Canada used Airbnb's internal listings data and CMHC neighbourhood-level rent data across 330 Canadian neighbourhoods2.

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STR restrictions suppress listings without producing meaningful LTR rent declines

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“The Santa Monica study and the Conference Board of Canada study both find STR restrictions producing dramatic listing declines without measurable rent reductions”
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The Conference Board of Canada used Airbnb's internal listings data and CMHC neighbourhood-level rent data across 330 Canadian neighbourhoods

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“Airbnb's own internal listings data and CMHC neighbourhood-level rent data across 330 Canadian neighbourhoods”
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Rents increased by 30 percent between 2016 and 2022

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“30 percent increase in rents observed in our sample of neighbourhoods between 2016 and 2022”
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Airbnb activity increased by 77 percent

Hamilton's Short-Term Rental Crackdown and the "Demand-Side
“d recovers 77 percent”
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330 neighbourhoods in 19 Canadian cities were studied

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"Airbnb activity has a meaningful impact on rents"
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