An Edmonton councillor wants the city to introduce tougher short-term rental accommodation rules.

Michael Janz has joined a growing list of local, provincial and federal leaders who want to reduce STRs to help increase Canada’s rental housing supply. He has introduced a motion that would prevent STR operators from renting out their homes for more than 90 days per year.

“Housing should be for homes. If you want a hotel, you should build a hotel and pay commercial tax like a hotel, not use rental stock in apartments for this purpose,” Janz told Global News.

Surrey, B.C. Mayor Brenda Locke wants the Vancouver suburb to curb STRs in conjunction with the B.C. government’s new legislation covering them. Meanwhile, federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has applauded the B.C. government crackdown.

Freeland says Ottawa is examining how it can convert STRs into more long-term rental housing units.

Nathan Rotman, Airbnb’s Canadian leader, called for STRs to be regulated locally in a recent interview with Connect.