A Toronto condo owner is demanding changes to how the City of Toronto grants short-term rental licences after learning someone other than her approved tenant was able to obtain one for her unit.
Allison Rasquinha, a real estate agent, says the licence was used to rent out her downtown studio on Adelaide Street West to multiple guests on Airbnb.com over a period of several months without her knowledge or permission and in violation of the rules of her condo corporation.
After Rasquinha initiated eviction proceedings for violating the terms of the lease, the tenant offered to leave within a week, but only in exchange for thousands of