Grant: Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund
City of Vancouver | Ville de Vancouver
$4,010,628.00
Enhancing Compliance of Short-term Rental Regulations Through Digital Innovation and Proactive Enforcement for the City of Vancouver, BC
FY 2024-25 · 2025-03-13
Summary
The Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund aims to limit short-term rentals that take away units from the long-term rental market across the country. This is accomplished by providing grant funding to municipalities and Indigenous communities with existing strict regulatory regimes to support the local enforcement of short-term rental restrictions in an effort to make more long-term housing units available in Canada.
Program
Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund
Location
Vancouver | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Government
Type
Grant
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
As published
Agreement End Date
2027-03-31
Agreement Start Date
2025-03-13
Agreement Title
Enhancing Compliance of Short-term Rental Regulations Through Digital Innovation and Proactive Enforcement for the City of Vancouver, BC
Agreement Title (French)
Amélioration de la conformité aux règlements sur les locations de courte durée grâce à l'innovation numérique et à une application proactive de la loi pour la ville de Vancouver, CB
Agreement Type
Grant
Agreement Value
$4,010,628.00
Amendment Date
2026-03-13
Amendment Number
1
Description
The Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund aims to limit short-term rentals that take away units from the long-term rental market across the country. This is accomplished by providing grant funding to municipalities and Indigenous communities with existing strict regulatory regimes to support the local enforcement of short-term rental restrictions in an effort to make more long-term housing units available in Canada.
Description (French)
Le Fonds pour l'application des restrictions sur la location de courte durée a pour objectif de limiter les locations à court terme qui privent le marché du logement à long terme d'unités partout au pays. Pour ce faire, le programme fournit du financement sous forme de subventions aux municipalités et aux communautés autochtones qui disposent d'une réglementation stricte, afin de les aider à faire respecter les restrictions applicables aux locations à court terme à l'échelle locale, de manière à accroître le nombre d'unités d'habitation à long terme disponibles au Canada.
Expected Results
The purpose of the STREF is to limit short-term rentals that deprive the long-term rental market of housing across the country.
Expected Results (French)
L'objet du FARLCD est de limiter les locations de courte durée qui privent de logements le marché locatif à long terme partout au pays.
Organization Code
infc
Organization
Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities | Ministère du Logement, de l’Infrastructure et des Collectivités
Program Name
Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund
Program Name (French)
Fonds pour l'application des restrictions sur la location de courte durée
Program Purpose
The purpose of the STREF is to limit short-term rentals that deprive the long-term rental market of housing across the country.
Program Purpose (French)
L'objet du FARLCD est de limiter les locations de courte durée qui privent de logements le marché locatif à long terme partout au pays.
Recipient City
Vancouver | Vancouver
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
City of Vancouver | Ville de Vancouver
Recipient Province or Territory
BC
Recipient Type
G
Reference Number
278-2025-2026-Q4-00142
