📍 Toronto, Ontario
Landlord Suzanne Porter filed an application to determine if the Residential Tenancies Act applies to a rental initially arranged via AirBNB.
Tenant Tianning Ning booked the property for a period of 311 days, intended as temporary accommodation while visiting Canada.
Adjudicator determined that the Act does not apply, citing the exemption under section 5(a).
The Act does not apply due to the exemption in section 5(a) for accommodations intended for the traveling or vacationing public or occupied temporarily.
The Board ruled in favor of the landlord, exempting the property from the Act based on its use as temporary accommodation for vacationing tenants.
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