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NSW Minister for Better Regulation & Innovation – COVID-19 Emergency & Residential Strata Communities

2020-09-19T00:42:55+10:00

06 APRIL 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic poses unique threats to the health, wellbeing and financial stability of Strata communities. However, the NSW Government emergency legislation did not make provision for the approximately 1.2 million people living in strata. OCN wrote to the NSW Minister for Better Regulation, Kevin Anderson, urging the government to act immediately to address major risks being experienced in the sector. These risks include Public Health Orders that [...]

NSW Minister for Better Regulation & Innovation – COVID-19 Emergency & Residential Strata Communities2020-09-19T00:42:55+10:00

Disrupting the disruptors: how COVID-19 will shake up Airbnb

2020-10-28T19:34:39+11:00

6 April 2020 Airbnb was built on the premise of bringing the world closer together. Tourists could travel like locals, while locals could cash in on their desirable neighbourhood properties by letting those visitors in. Last year the company was estimated to be worth more than US$30bn. It is scheduled to go public in 2020. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic. Stephen Colman, who was an Airbnb host and ran an [...]

Disrupting the disruptors: how COVID-19 will shake up Airbnb2020-10-28T19:34:39+11:00

Bad news for Airbnb could be blessed relief for renters

2020-10-07T15:40:56+11:00

4 APRIL 2020 It seems oddly appropriate, if not ironic, that a business that effectively grew virally on the internet should have suffered more than most because of COVID-19. Those who watched with dismay while short-term holiday lets moved into apartment blocks where they weren’t welcome or, in some cases, legally permitted, may have witnessed the current collapse of the holiday-letting industry with a certain grim satisfaction. These days the blows [...]

Bad news for Airbnb could be blessed relief for renters2020-10-07T15:40:56+11:00

Government Reneged on Airbnb Code of Conduct

2020-10-28T19:35:00+11:00

OCN MEDIA RELEASE: 3 April 2020 In a stunning move today, the NSW Government has withdrawn the Code of Conduct for the Short-Term Rental Accommodation Industry, so that illegal “Airbnb Apartments” can operate unfettered across Sydney and NSW during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jane Hearn, Director, Owners Corporation Network said. “In a time of a national health crisis, the Government is more concerned to protect thousands of illegal listings for units [...]

Government Reneged on Airbnb Code of Conduct2020-10-28T19:35:00+11:00

NSW Minister for Health – COVID-19 Concerns

2020-09-19T21:01:02+10:00

2 APRIL 2020 Short-term letting of apartments within strata schemes during the COVID-19 pandemic poses a major risk to the health and safety of owners and established resident tenants. OCN wrote to NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard requesting urgent action to modify the government’s Public Health Orders to address this critical issue. Among the points raised by OCN was an inability for strata owners and strata corporations to manage and mitigate [...]

NSW Minister for Health – COVID-19 Concerns2020-09-19T21:01:02+10:00

Compo over ‘unbearable’ noise in swanky Canberra apartment

2020-09-21T22:06:06+10:00

2 April 2020 A resident at Canberra's swanky Nishi apartment building has been awarded more than $20,000 in compensation over “unbearable” structual cracks the defective building makes — noises she compared to cannon fire. The noises, Ms de Gruchy said, were loud enough to wake a sleeping person, as frequently as every six minutes. The Daily Telegraph > Full article on The Daily Telegraph

Compo over ‘unbearable’ noise in swanky Canberra apartment2020-09-21T22:06:06+10:00

Rents could soon fall in these popular Australian suburbs, as nearly 40,000 new listings flood the property market

2020-09-21T22:06:13+10:00

2 April 2020 The coronavirus’ squeeze on short-term rentals, like Airbnbs, looks set to deliver tenants a major win. The number of new listings has surged in recent weeks, according to Domain figures supplied to Business Insider Australia, as options for renters swell. While realestate.com.au declined to share its figures, the overall picture from Domain is pretty staggering. Nearly 40,000 new homes have been listed nationally in the last two weeks, [...]

Rents could soon fall in these popular Australian suburbs, as nearly 40,000 new listings flood the property market2020-09-21T22:06:13+10:00

In Blow to Airbnb, EU Court Adviser Says Solving Housing Shortage Is Priority

2020-09-21T22:06:20+10:00

2 April 2020 BRUSSELS — European cities cracking down on short-term rentals of private homes like those on Airbnb got a boost on Thursday after an adviser to Europe's top court said they have the right to vet such rentals to tackle the shortage of long-term housing. The homesharing site's rapid growth over the last decade has posed a challenge for authorities in cities from Amsterdam to New York and Paris [...]

In Blow to Airbnb, EU Court Adviser Says Solving Housing Shortage Is Priority2020-09-21T22:06:20+10:00

Call for apartment guidelines to contain virus

2020-09-21T22:06:32+10:00

31 March 2020 High-density apartment buildings are at risk of becoming hotspots for coronavirus infection, akin to cruise ships, unless there are firm and uniform government directives on hygiene, experts say. Strata lawyer Amanda Farmer of Lawyers Chambers said despite a raft of new regulations and measures on social distancing, specific guidelines for strata residents and managers had been overlooked. In the City of Sydney Council area alone, 80 per cent [...]

Call for apartment guidelines to contain virus2020-09-21T22:06:32+10:00

Kindness is Contagious Too

2020-09-21T22:06:41+10:00

30 March 2020 The neighbours living in close confines spreading love, not germs Neighbours in apartment buildings are coming together like never before, offering to do shopping for older residents, pick up prescriptions, deliver mail and groceries for those self-isolating and phoning people who live alone to check they’re OK. While many are keeping a physical distance as per the coronavirus crisis guidelines, they say the pandemic is helping create much [...]

Kindness is Contagious Too2020-09-21T22:06:41+10:00
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