City of Winnipeg

Starting April 1, 2024, the City of Winnipeg required short-term rental accommodation (STRA) owners to have a new license for a yearly fee, to rent out their homes. The fees start at $260/year for a primary residence, and adjust as the size of the STRA increases: 

• $260 for a non-primary residence tier 1, 1 bedroom property.
• $520 for a non-primary residence tier 2, 2 bedroom property.
• $780 for a non-primary residence tier 3, 3 bedroom property.
• See full details at the City's short-term rental licence fees.

To help in collecting this yearly fee, Upanup implemented a Drupal eCommerce integration to the online payment processor Global Payments, with record management. 

Tools Used

• Drupal Commerce module
• Global Payments online payment provider
• Record management
• Drupal Webforms, and see the Short-term rental accommodation licence application for an example online form created for this integration
   

This integration has helped the City of Winnipeg collect processing fees for 600+ new short-term rental accommodation licensing applications in the first few months alone. 

This change will help the City enforce bylaw changes that include new safety measures and efforts to stop human trafficking in short-term rentals. 

More Information

• For more information on how the City works to reduce human trafficking, see their page on Short-term rentals and human trafficking.
• For further backstory, see the Global News report on Short-term rental license applications open in Winnipeg, what it means for operators, which includes a video interview with a City licensing coordinator.

Upanup's development operations & programming teams are proud to have worked closely with the City on this implementation. 

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