Fresh Trax: Renting Out for the Olympics

Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by BCAA in Fresh Trax

B.C. property owners planning to rent out their homes for the 2010 Olympics can now purchase short-term rental insurance. Homeowners who do so will be taking advantage of the only such insurance coverage in the province developed specifically for the Games. Yet the program is just one of the ways that BCAA is supporting the Olympics and the Vancouver community. Another is Home for the Games, a timely and much-needed city initiative.

As founder Charles Montgomery explains it: the BCAA-sponsored* Homes for the Games “opens Vancouver homes to Olympic visitors while raising money to combat homelessness in the city.” More than half of the proceeds from the program will be donated to two local charities targeting homelessness: Covenant House and Streetohome Foundation. www.bcaa.com/hfg; homeforthegames.com

Also see: Profile: Charles Montgomery