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A Vancouver woman frustrated with multiple Airbnb suites in her East Vancouver apartment building wants the city to hold the operator accountable once it begins enforcement on Sept. 1.

Ulrike Rodrigues said her 60-unit Fairfax building in Mount Pleasant had been “infested” with Airbnb listings owned by realtor Zul Jiwa, who has nine listings at the Fairfax, making up 15 per cent of all the building’s suites.

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“In 2014, it was three units from this one owner,” said Rodrigues, who has owned an apartment in the building for close to 25 years and runs the Homes Not Hotels Facebook page.

“In 2018, he’s listing between nine and 11 units. This is a strata building and it is absolutely not allowed without the authorization of the strata council.”

But Jiwa said he wasn’t breaking any law, or bylaw, arguing he does not need strata approval because the building allows rentals and he started renting his Airbnb units out for 30 days of more only around January this year.