Premier David Eby is raising the prospect of rescinding his government’s controversial short-term rental restrictions.

That comes as financially stretched British Columbians avoiding travel to the United States face the prospect of expensive local hotel stays and limited online vacation rentals this summer.

Eby said he does not want his government’s ban on people renting investment properties on sites like Airnb to stretch on forever.

“When we get back to healthy rental levels in communities, we'll reduce those restrictions, and people will be able to do short-term rentals again,” told me in a recent interview on CHEK News.

In response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff and annexation threats, the premier and his top ministers have urged British Columbians not to vacation this summer in the United States. Combined with an ongoing cost of living crisis, many are choosing staycations instead.

However, those travelling in the province also face steep rates at many local hotels and fewer alternatives than in the past on sites like Vrbo due to the provincial crackdown.

“My hope is that with rental housing program changes that we put in place, and with additional supports for rental housing, we’ll be able to ease off on........

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