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The City of Vancouver Ponders 2010
Olympic Housing Dilemma In Regards to a $150 License Fee for Vancouver
2010 Rental Landlords
A proposed $150 licence fee for Vancouver 2010
Landlords renting to 2010 Winter Olympics spectators is unenforceable,
according to a Winter Games housing specialist. According to many
news agencies and the 24 Hours Vancouver newspaper, the City of
Vancouver has been pondering this Vancouver 2010 Landlord license
fee for rental accommodations rented during the Winter Olympic
Games for a few months now.
“Are they going to hire hundreds of inspectors to comb
Yaletown, Coal Harbour, and Gastown?” said Ian Hamilton
of Prime Strategies. A staff report from Tuesday’s Vancouver
city council meeting recommends allowing 2010 property rentals
for less than 30 days during the first three months of 2010 Olympic
Winter Games. As a safeguard, however, staff want the BC Provincial
Government to ban evictions between September 1, 2009 and March
31, 2010 unless a Vancouver tenant defaults according to the Residential
Tenancy Act. Hamilton has an inventory of 800 Olympic 2010 rooms
and caters to the workforce accommodation market in Vancouver.
He worries that spectators will be repelled, but supports the
intent of the anti-eviction measure. “In this economic climate,
leave people alone,” he said. In addition, Mark who operates
rent2010.net said the proposal for the $150 License Fee to Vancouver
2010 Rental Landlords is extremely flawed because there is an
alternative accommodation glut. Of the 850 2010 Olympic rentals
properties listed during the last two and a half years, only 10
per cent have been removed, indicating a possible rental. “I
see no evidence of a shortage in short term Vancouver 2010 rentals,”
said Mark. This according to Bob of 24 Hours. Still, the City
of Vancouver ponders whether or not to charge a landlord 2010
license fee of $150 to those looking to rent out their homes or
suites during the Winter Games. This is not the first time that
the topic of a Vancouver 2010 Landlord Fee has been brought up
as over a year ago, the City wanted to pass legislation to charge
a similar Landlord 2010 Rental license fee as well. However, that
was never passed by city council.
The Vancouver City Council Expedites the Olympic
2010 Rentals License for Homeowners – April 9th, 2009
For those looking for the latest updates on the City of Vancouver
Olympic 2010 License fee, here it is. Late Thursday on April 9th,
the City council of Vancouver decided to make it a bit easier
for Vancouver homeowners to rent rooms during the Winter Olympics
in February 2010. However, City Council also backdated many restrictions
that would discourage landlords and property owners from evicting
their current tenants in order to profit on the short-term furnished
Vancouver 2010 rental accommodations and rent 2010 furnished homes
and rooms. As with many other studies, the inventory for Olympic
housing is very tight for the Vancouver Winter Games in 2010 resulting
from VANOC taking up more than 80% of the hotel suite inventory
for the duration of the event. Therefore, the loosening of the
restrictions on the Olympic 2010 Vancouver homeowners and landlords
to rent out their rooms has come as a pleasant surprise. In addition,
as an incentive, the City of Vancouver council has decided to
scale back the proposed Olympic 2010 License fee to landlords
from $150 per homeowner to $106, in line with current regulations
for landlords and Vancouver property owners renting to tenants
for 30 or more day leases. The proposed Vancouver 2010 Landlord
license fee is now $106 instead of the proposed homeowner license
Olympic fee of $150 which was promoted to try and avoid the fiasco
of tenant evictions during Expo ’86. With much of the 2010
Vancouver hotel accommodation already booked, reserved or not
yet released, there is a growing demand for furnished homes and
rental apartments and with the Vancouver Olympic 2010 landlord
license fee now at $106 and approved, the inventory should loosen
up a bit. However, Impact of Communities Coalition said today
that the announcement for the go ahead of short-term Olympic rentals
with the 2010 landlord license fee of $106 will allow more landlords
to cash in on the Vancouver 2010 furnished rentals for short-term
stays, pushing existing tenants out. In addition, the City of
Vancouver wants the BC government to amend the current BC Residential
Tenancy Act in addition to the $106 Olympic 2010 landlord license
fee to prohibit evictions of tenants taking place between June
1st, 2009 to March 31st, 2010 except for tenant defaults. However,
the Residential Tenancy Act has a current loophole where Vancouver
homeowners can evict tenants of any sort for modest renovations
and then re-rent the suites out for substantially higher costs.
Under the original Vancouver 2010 Olympic landlord license fee
for the Winter Games, homeowners could not legally rent rooms
from which they have evicted renters after September 1st. Currently,
there are approximately 10,000 Vancouver homeowners who have licensed
their rooms for rental periods longer than 30 days already (most
in the film industry). But it’s good that we now have conformation
that the Vancouver 2010 landlord Olympic license fee is now confirmed
at $106 (not the original proposed $150) which allows for short-term
rentals in the city.
The City of Vancouver May Consider Relaxing
the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Accommodation Laws
According to the Vancouver Sun on April 6th, 2009, and written
by Jeff L, the Vancouver city councilors will decide on Tuesday,
April 7th, 2009 whether or not to relax some of the rules and
city regulations surrounding temporary short-term accommodations
in the Vancouver 2010 residential zones during the 2010 Winter
Olympic Games. This has been a contentious issue during the past
few weeks, as many Vancouver home owners looking to rent 2010
accommodation in the form of their single family homes, condos,
apartments, townhomes, rooms or basements suites have been caught
in a flurry of differing City of Vancouver Olympic tax laws and
accommodation regulations that restrict this. Currently, Vancouver
does not allow for short term (less than thirty day) 2010 Vancouver
rentals in residential districts as explained in the city laws
and accommodation regulations. If the move is adopted to relax
the Vancouver 2010 Olympic accommodation law, there will most
likely be thousands of current city home owners who will apply
for rental status of two or more rooms for less than 30 days during
the Vancouver Whistler 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Councilor Geoff
Meggs said that he is in favour of the relaxation of the current
Olympic 2010 Vancouver accommodation laws to create more room
inventory that is already in extreme shortage with the influx
of visitors from around the world to watch the Winter Games. Geoff
also mentions that this relaxation of the Vancouver 2010 accommodation
laws will not endanger existing current rental housing, but just
increase the amount of rooms and suites available to visitors
for rent 2010 accommodation and furnished rental suites. This
will take pressure off existing rental housing (as current landlords
will not have to end leases to rent out short-term to Olympic
visitors) while expanding the stock of furnished 2010 Olympic
housing and protecting Vancouver renters altogether.
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Licence Fee for Accommodations
According to a recent independent report, almost eighty per cent
of all Vancouver 2010 hotel rooms and suites are already booked
by VANOC who has reserved these Olympic 2010 accommodation for
the organization, media and other important figures. Therefore,
of the 12,000 Vancouver 2010 hotel rooms available, only approximately
2,400 hotel suites are actually made available to the general
public and to visitors, which is a very small number for the visitors
that will be coming to the city to experience the Olympic Winter
Games. In addition to this, many of the five star 2010 Vancouver
hotels are withholding many of their hotel rooms as well. With
an estimated three hundred and fifty thousand ticketed spectators,
there is an immense pressure on landlords and providing furnished
rental 2010 accommodation during the Olympic Winter Games. Under
the current Vancouver Olympic license fee and accommodation law,
current Vancouver home owners who want to rent a single room for
one or two people or a small party will not be required to pay
an Olympic Vancouver licence fee or accommodation fee as an operator.
However, if you rent multiple rooms or an entire unit of accommodation
(which means an entire home, townhouse or condo apartment suite),
a Vancouver home owner is subject to get an Olympic 2010 License,
which the City of Vancouver wanted to set at $150. This homeowner
license fee for the 2010 Olympic operators and landlords is even
more than the current cost of $108 required for long term Vancouver
rentals (which is said to cover the cost of the application, but
who knows for sure). Many Vancouver home owners have already expressed
their concern over this high cost of the Vancouver 2010 licence
fee for operating their home as a furnished rental suite providing
much needed rooms and accommodation inventory for Olympic housing.
With many homeowners not looking to get a Vancouver 2010 Olympic
business license and pay the $150 license fee, many of them may
face penalties, complaints or hefty fines if caught operating
without the Olympic accommodation license. The only catch is that
in the new Olympic accommodation regulations, Vancouver homeowners
cannot have their suite or home tenant cannot have been occupied
by a tenant or boarder after September 1st. This will ensure that
the Olympic rental is just that and not a unit taken from the
current rental market to capitalize on the Olympic Vancouver rent
2010 accommodation market. Also, for those who are looking to
set up a Vancouver 2010 bed and breakfast, well you are out of
luck. Any Olympic 2010 Bed and Breakfast in the City of Vancouver
will require a proper business license.
More about how the Olympic 2010 Landlord Licensing
Fee and how it may be Unenforceable during the Vancouver Winter
Games
As many landlords and Vancouver home owners get ready for the
influx of tourists and travelers into the city starting this winter
into February 2010, many of these people are unaware that current
property regulations by the City of Vancouver actually restrict
short-term transient rentals for the Olympic Games. City Hall
has proposed a landlord Vancouver 2010 fee of $150 for those who
are looking to rent out multiple rooms or units of accommodation
during the Olympic Winter Games, but that has not yet been passed.
However, many agents, property managers and homeowners realize
that this Vancouver 2010 landlord fee during the Olympic Winter
Games is clearly unenforceable. How will the City of Vancouver
regulate the license fee for landlords wishing to rent furnished
2010 short-term rentals to visitors and travelers from abroad?
Are they going from suite to home to condo to apartment seeing
if homeowners and landlords have rented out their accommodation
short-term? During the first quarter of 2010, the City of Vancouver
wants to charge homeowners $150 for a 2010 Landlord License fee
that will cover those wanting to rent their suites and homes for
thirty days or less during the Olympic Winter Games. Also as a
safeguard for current rental inventories, the City of Vancouver
wants the provincial BC government to ban evictions between September
1, 2009 to March 31, 2010 unless a current tenant defaults. As
VANOC has already reserved approximately 80% of the 12,000 2010
Vancouver hotel rooms and suites during the Winter Games, there
are very few furnished Olympic Vancouver rentals out there. So
if a traveler or visitor wants to rent 2010 accommodation, the
City of Vancouver has also recommended that a tourism authority
can prepare a temporary Vancouver 2010 hostel to solve last minute
demands driven by the younger generation and job seekers during
the Winter Games. Tourism Vancouver did a recent study on the
inventory levels for furnished rent 2010 Olympic accommodations
and found that there are only five hundred and fifty Downtown
Vancouver 2010 rentals (furnished and unfurnished) available during
the month of February 2010 and this study was done in March 2009.
These vacancies are certainly not enough for the influx of people
visiting the city. This information is provided by 24 Hours, Bob
M.
No 2010 Olympic Eviction Ban for City of Vancouver
During the 2010 Winter Games
Finally a decision on the Vancouver 2010 eviction ban law has
come according to Bob of the 24 Hours Vancouver newspaper. According
to the article, ‘Don’t expect the Liberal government
to slap a moratorium on 2010 Olympic related evictions in Vancouver.
City council unanimously passed a proposal Thursday to allow Vancouver
homeowners to buy a $106 licence to rent space for less than 30
days to 2010 Winter Olympic visitors as rent 2010 accommodation
due to the shortage in downtown Vancouver 2010 hotel rooms, suites
and other forms of Olympic housing. The City of Vancouver is also
seeking provincial amendment to the Vancouver charter to ban evictions
without cause from June 1st 2009 to March 31st 2010 as housing
and social development minister Rich Coleman was unavailable for
an interview, but a spokes man said ‘an outright ban on
evictions is not something we would consider.’ As last indicated,
even Tourism Vancouver is estimating that there are only 550 downtown
Vancouver 2010 hotel rooms available to the general public during
the Winter Games. These Olympic 2010 hotel suites in downtown
Vancouver are also very highly priced and some hotels have even
reserved many suites for later releases so that they can keep
inventory. VP Walt Judas said encouraging an alternative Vancouver
rent 2010 accommodation market would prevent tourist repelling
headlines like no vacancy and gouging in the city. Housing activist
Am J., who has campaigned for 2010 Olympic Games related rent
controls since 2001 suggested price limits would curb evictions
because the potential for Vancouver homeowner 2010 rental parties
for windfall profits would be diminished. Paul H the Vancouver’s
assistant GM of Olympic operations said ‘it didn’t
make sense for the city to be intervening,’ in the rental
2010 marketplace.
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