9 JULY 2023

When Eloise O’Connell joined the strata committee for her apartment in Liverpool, their first task was to raise the fees to prevent insolvency.

“Whether your building can be well run is just by the sheer luck of the combination of people who put their hands forward,” O’Connell said.

Head of the peak body for residential strata owners the Owners Corporation Network Karen Stiles said the strata management industry needed reform.

“I don’t think the strata management industry has kept pace with the exponential growth of strata buildings with regard to training, continuing professional development and all the churn in the industry,” she said.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/frustrated-neighbours-debt-and-1m-budgets-high-stakes-for-volunteer-strata-committees-20230707-p5dmhx.html