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B.C. Landlord Ordered to Pay Year's Rent to Woman Evicted for Airbnb

On August 25, a B.C. Supreme Court justice confirmed a ruling by the Residential Tenancy Board that awarded a Surrey tenant $17,236 for being wrongfully evicted from a Whalley condominium.
After moving out, tenant Megan Neuman filed a complaint upon discovering that her previous unit appeared to be listed on Airbnb, alleging that the landlords were using it for short-term rentals instead of personal occupancy.
The arbitrator found multiple circumstantial indicators linking the petitioners’ condo to the Airbnb listing, noting the host's name matched a petitioner and the listing appeared shortly after Neuman vacated.
Justice Sukstorf observed that the arbitrator examined the evidence in its entirety, considering multiple indicators instead of focusing on any one factor, and determined that the decision remained reasonable despite some flaws.
The ruling denies the landlord's petition for judicial review, awards costs to the tenant, and reinforces that using a rental unit for short-term Airbnb rentals breaches the Residential Tenancy Act.

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