Your home might be the next short-term rental, eh?
This is Regina — yeah, we know what it sounds like, and we've heard your joke. Now sit down and listen.
You know how everyone's talking about housing prices, and how hard it is to find a place? Well, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is putting out some new podcast episodes for 2025, and one of them, Episode 74, is all about "Building Long-Term Community in a Short-Term Stay." That kinda makes you wonder, eh? Are more of our homes here in Regina going to become short-term rentals, like for tourists or people just passing through?
Think about it:
* **What it means:** If more homes become short-term rentals, that means fewer places for families who want to live here long-term, plant roots, and, you know, raise the next generation of Rider fans. * **The Big Picture:** CREA's even talking about making the real estate journey more accessible, which is good, but we need to make sure that accessibility is for *everyone*, not just folks looking for a quick stay. * **What to watch for:** We'll have to see if City Hall starts looking at bylaws around short-term rentals, like they've done in some other cities. It's about balancing visitor economy with the needs of people who actually call Regina home.
This is Darlene Chicken-Lawson, and that's the Morning Wire from the MiTL Sports Desk.
You can hear me dig into more of this every morning on the radio at mornings.live, eh?