URA’s collaboration with MCST of private residential estates to address the short-term rental problem does not address the issue comprehensively (Living among tourists, May 26). Business is as usual for the home-sharing sites and other brokers who facilitate the illegal activity, never mind URA’s warning letters to some of the hosts. The same goes for those who demand such premises for touristic, business and leisure purposes. There have been only a handful of convictions, since the planning Act was revised in 2017. This is modestly lenient for a tax-free, multimillion-dollar industry which continues to indulge in numerous illegal transactions that upset many residents. How many of these errant residents are property tenants and how many are landlords? Are whole empty investment properties being rented out, or merely a room in owner-occupied properties for foreigners to experience local life through their hosts, according to the hype generated by home-sharing sites?Make short-term rentals illegal for all concerned, and put this into practice by banning all forms of short-term property rentals and transactions, both online and offline....