BC Real Estate Association Calls for New Short-Term Rental

BCREA urges changes to BC's Short-Term Rental (STR) legislation to balance housing needs with economic and tourism health. Recommendations include restoring zoning autonomy to local governments, fully exempting strata hotels and fractional ownership properties from STR rules, creating geographic exemptions near healthcare centers for transient medical staff, and broad STR exemptions for the TV and film sector to support tourism and local economies.