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Labor Promises Strata Commissioner to Tackle Defects

2020-10-06T22:30:45+11:00

6 MARCH 2019 A dedicated Strata Commissioner to protect apartment owners and residents and restore confidence in the strata sector will be introduced by the Labor Party, should it win office at the upcoming state election. “A commissioner solely focussed on strata is long overdue,” says Phil Gall, chair of OCN, which is running a seminar on cladding issues on March 16 in Sydney. “Fair Trading is overloaded with concerns that [...]

Labor Promises Strata Commissioner to Tackle Defects2020-10-06T22:30:45+11:00

NSW state election 2019: Labor to introduce strata commissioner if it is elected

2020-10-08T12:49:38+11:00

5 MARCH 2019 A dedicated strata commissioner to protect apartment owners and residents against Opal Tower-style building defects will be introduced by Labor should it win office at this month’s state election. The opposition’s better regulation spokeswoman Yasmin Catley confirmed to Domain that Labor plans to create an office to oversee all strata issues, but with particular focus on defects in newly constructed buildings. “A commissioner solely focused on strata is [...]

NSW state election 2019: Labor to introduce strata commissioner if it is elected2020-10-08T12:49:38+11:00

Better Deal for Strata – Commissioner for Strata Living

2020-10-06T21:55:13+11:00

28 FEBRUARY 2019 February 28, 2019 With around 1.2 million people in NSW now living in strata communities, OCN has urged the NSW State Government to ensure the sector’s interests are properly addressed through establishing a Commissioner for Strata Living and affiliated policy and strategy office. This role and office would ensure concerns including consumer rights, regulatory impacts and effective stakeholder consultation are handled effectively. OCN has also suggested crucial services [...]

Better Deal for Strata – Commissioner for Strata Living2020-10-06T21:55:13+11:00

Better Deal for Strata – Background

2023-08-28T15:06:55+10:00

28 FEBRUARY 2019 The NSW strata sector is now housing more than a million people, however, it does not receive the level of government focus and support it needs and deserves. OCN advocates for the rights and interests of strata owners, residents and owners’ associations, and has identified a number of measures the NSW state government should implement as a matter of urgency to ensure the sector’s voice is heard. > [...]

Better Deal for Strata – Background2023-08-28T15:06:55+10:00

Better Deal for Strata – Short Term Letting Policy

2020-10-06T22:00:33+11:00

28 FEBRUARY 2019 Airbnb-style letting in strata communities needs to be regulated to ensure short-term rentals do not make life a misery for other permanent residents and long-term tenants. OCN is calling on the NXSW State government to modify its proposed Short-Term Letting Arrangements to improve accountability and protections. > Read OCN’s case for a short-term letting register and associated measures (pdf)

Better Deal for Strata – Short Term Letting Policy2020-10-06T22:00:33+11:00

Better Deal for Strata – Case for Short Term Letting Register

2020-10-06T21:59:54+11:00

28 FEBRUARY 2019 OCN is opposed to the proposal to allow virtually any residential dwelling to be used for short-term letting purposes unless strict and fair regulations are also put in place to ensure strata communities are not plagued by the presence of “party houses”. The OCN policy on short-term Airbnb-style arrangements also identifies how the boom in short-term letting is reducing rental affordability in areas where there is high and [...]

Better Deal for Strata – Case for Short Term Letting Register2020-10-06T21:59:54+11:00

Strata loophole leaves owners vulnerable even when NCAT is supposed to be on their side

2020-10-08T12:50:43+11:00

18 FEBRUARY 2020 Every time Jan Newland leaves her apartment in a building on Sydney’s lower north shore, she checks the sky for signs of rain. And if there are darkening clouds, she pushes her lounge room furniture into the middle of the room, rolls up part of her carpet, puts down containers and hopes against hope it doesn’t rain. Newland has had leaks coming through her ceiling since work to [...]

Strata loophole leaves owners vulnerable even when NCAT is supposed to be on their side2020-10-08T12:50:43+11:00

Parliamentary Panic Behind Short-Term Letting U-turn

2020-10-08T12:51:47+11:00

13 FEBRUARY 2019 Why talk with Alex Greenwich? Becasue his constituency has more high-rise apartments than any other in Australia. So this podcast is the first of two parts in which we discuss the strata issues of the day – Airbnb, cladding, defects … and pets. The highlight of the chat, for me, was his description of how a last-minute push by the Owners Corporation Network (and a few like-minded souls) [...]

Parliamentary Panic Behind Short-Term Letting U-turn2020-10-08T12:51:47+11:00

Election Connection as OCN Faces the Big Issues for 2019

2020-10-08T12:53:24+11:00

6 FEBRUARY 2019 Last year was huge for the Owners Corporation Network (OCN), the only significant body for apartment owners, run by apartment owners. Most notably, they were hugely instrumental in turning what would have been potentially the worst short-term holiday letting (STHL) laws in the country into what could well be the very best. But it’s a new year and that means new challenges, not least the Opal Tower crisis [...]

Election Connection as OCN Faces the Big Issues for 20192020-10-08T12:53:24+11:00
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