Sergio da Silva on the recent municipal campaign: https://cultmtl.com/2025/12/sergio-da-silva-i-ran-for-office-for-montreal-nightlife-community-and-against-landlords-airbnb-apologists-and-nimby-creeps/
"I remember a conversation I had outside of a debate where residents were telling me Spectre de Rue was destroying the neighbourhood by letting people loiter outside, but that the organization was also doing a massive expansion to bring more people in. They said it would “surely turn that stretch of Ontario Street into Vancouver’s East Hastings.” Both were problems. Neither were true. Spectre de Rue has been in the same location, which they own, for the last 25 years. Their “massive expansion” was a 300 square-foot room, extending into their own backyard, for inhalation services. The candidates for the district would pay lip service to these organizations and say publicly that they are “essential,” and then go behind their backs and have meetings with small tenants’ groups telling them they’d move these same supervised consumption sites on day one. They did so knowing full well that moving a supervised consumption site is next to impossible and all you’d really achieve is closing them down and worsening the problem for everyone."
My friend has an article in the Globe today about unregistered Airbnb properties (Boston has an ordinance requiring their registration) and it starts out looking pretty normal but after the jump it gets into "So I called the number listed as the owner and the person who answered lied to me and it turns out she lists dozens of properties in Boston and Miami, her name is Paige Stone and she lives in Wellesley, and …"
«Une petite île de l’Atlantique peut faire plier des multinationales» : Oléron mène la fronde contre Airbnb et Booking
410 k€ d'amende pour 22 k€ de taxes non reversées par #FuckLeBonCoin
8,6 M€ d'amende pour #FuckAirBnB
"«Nous avons payé toutes les sommes non perçues sur nos fonds propres, avec intérêts», indique Airbnb à Libération. «Le montant des pénalités est 25 fois plus important que le montant de taxe non collectée», regrette la plateforme" (ouin ouin)
Dans un contexte local de fortes tensions sur le logement, les élus tentent de freiner les locations touristiques et se préparent à un procès contre Booking, après deux victoires contre Airbnb et Leboncoin.
oh before I forget... #FUCKairBnB and #FUCKtheAirBnB founder and #FuckMarcAndreessen
#FUCKallOligarchs the dickless god-complex scum
#JoeGebbia co-founder of #fascist #Qunt company #AirBnB is joining #SpaceNazi - fellow #Oligarch #ElonMusk - at #DOGE so he can fuck over even more poor people. Use #VRBO #Fediversizens!
#BoycottAirBnB #EndOligrachs #FUCKmusk #FuckJoeGebbia #FUCKairBnB
Just deactivated our AirBnB account after 11 years (with many excellent reviews.)
Fuck those who align with the criminals and traitors. Don't give them your money or attention.
Here's how to deactivate: https://www.airbnb.ca/help/article/240
Walked from Sean Mulvoy road through Bohermore into Galway City centre earlier, the amount of key lock boxes along the route is crazy. (Different route from my last rant about this)
The sooner tighter restriction and regulations or a complete ban on short term rentals comes in the better.
AJA aussi qu'il y a un outil monté par le RCLALQ (Regroupement des comités logement et associations de locataires du Québec) pour signaler des AirBnB : https://www.report-abasairbnb.io/
Les rapports remplis produisent ensuite la carte au https://abasairbnb.io/
Víctor Vicente-Palacios
Raton Baveur
Steve Gisselbrecht
Pasquale 📷 🇫🇷 🦻 
Charming Malcontent
Mags at Large
Mike Spillane