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At least a dozen Montreal landlords have obtained eviction orders since June 2016 on the grounds that their tenants are running commercial enterprises by subletting their apartments on short-term rental websites.

More than half of those rulings have come within the past six months and the majority involve the popular short-term rental site Airbnb, Régie du logement records show.

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By regularly subletting their apartment for profit, these tenants have changed the intended use of their apartments from residential to commercial, the landlords in these cases have successfully argued. If a tenant does that without their landlord’s permission, it’s grounds for eviction, according to Quebec’s Civil Code.

Winning these types of cases at the Régie du logement has become easier for landlords over the past two years, said Hans Brouillette, the director of public affairs at the Corporation des propriétaires immobiliers du Québec, a group that represents landlords.