It comes down to your own building. In BC, a strata can limit or ban short-term rentals with a bylaw passed by a 3/4 vote of owners, and can fine up to $1,000 a day when that bylaw is broken. In Vancouver, the City also wants written strata approval before you apply for a short-term rental licence.
Why we don't publish a list of buildings
Bylaws change whenever owners vote, so any list goes stale, and the only answer that counts is the one for your unit. That is the one we look at.
- Your building first. Its rules are part of the look our legal team takes at every home we are offered.
- A straight answer early. If the bylaws rule short stays out, you hear it at the free review, long before a listing goes up, with another option for the home where there is one.
- Guests who know the rules. Your house rules go into the welcome book every guest gets, and guests come to us, not to you.
- The work itself. Listing, pricing, cleaning, keys and repairs, run by a team based in Vancouver.
What stays with you
- The written approval. Your strata council answers to you as the owner, and the City wants their approval in writing, so the request comes from you.
Questions owners ask
My building allows rentals. Does that cover Airbnb? Not always. A bylaw can treat short stays differently from long-term rentals, which is why we look at your building's position before we take the home on.
I rent my apartment. Can I still host? Only with your landlord's written approval, which the City asks for alongside the strata's, and only in the home you live in.
Checked on 11 November 2026: Province of BC, strata short-term rental bylaws.
