airbnb + short term letting

NSW Review of Short & Long Term Accommodation

2024-03-07T18:02:50+11:00

06 MARCH 2024 OCN made a submission making the following recommendations: Allow access to the Register by an Owners Corporation. Expand the scope of the Code of Conduct to address a greater remit of identified concerns to neighbours, other lot Owners, and Owners Corporations. Authorise council inspectors to inspect residential premises suspected of being used for short-term letting. Allow councils to ban short-term letting through development application. Ensure that any alternative [...]

NSW Review of Short & Long Term Accommodation2024-03-07T18:02:50+11:00

OCN Talks Short Term Letting with 2GB’s Bill Woods

2023-12-11T12:33:12+11:00

11 DECEMBER 2023 Following a report of people renting multiple properties in order to sub-let on the short term market, Bill Woods dug a little deeper.  Do landlords know if their property is being short term let?  How can they find out if it's being short term let?  What can governments do to curb the commodification of housing?  All will be revealed! Listen to the interview:>  Related content:> https://ocn.org.au/ocn-opinion-piece-short-term-letting-nsw-government-backs-airbnb-in-final-policy/

OCN Talks Short Term Letting with 2GB’s Bill Woods2023-12-11T12:33:12+11:00

Strata Schemes Management Act Supplementary Submission on Short Term Letting

2021-10-07T17:42:20+11:00

7 October 2021 The NSW Short Term Rental Policy de-regulates housing and residential zoning to accommodate the growth of Airbnb. It makes no distinction between a free-standing home and a high-density apartment community. The commercialisation of strata assets brings with it unpredictable and significant risks and costs for all Owners and increases the burden on Strata Committees and residents. The strata legislation must now address these unresolved policy issues before the [...]

Strata Schemes Management Act Supplementary Submission on Short Term Letting2021-10-07T17:42:20+11:00

Banning Airbnb and shipping in portable homes considered as housing crisis bites in coastal towns

2021-08-31T12:47:07+10:00

28 August 2021 Soaring prices. Low wages. Competition. Desperation. The unaffordable conditions for Australian home buyers are spilling into the rental market for coastal families, and locals say it's destroying the very reason these towns are popular in the first place. Landlords from Byron Bay, Yamba and Noosa to Lorne and Apollo Bay are jacking up rents as the popularity of seaside towns continues climbing while lockdowns roll on in cities. ABC [...]

Banning Airbnb and shipping in portable homes considered as housing crisis bites in coastal towns2021-08-31T12:47:07+10:00

Bungled holiday let rules put on hold

2021-05-05T13:18:59+10:00

15 April 2021 When NSW Planning tried to finish its planning instrument, it was the start of a whole new set of problems. There’s an old saying in politics that if you’ve upset everyone, then you must be doing something right. Or perhaps you just screwed up spectacularly. Late last week when the NSW government finally released the second part of its new regulations on short-term holiday letting, there was something [...]

Bungled holiday let rules put on hold2021-05-05T13:18:59+10:00

Quasi Hotels Here to Stay

2021-10-12T14:37:33+11:00

OCN MEDIA RELEASE:  13 April 2021 “The NSW Government “announced” its final Short Term Letting policy late Friday, with no warning to housing organisations”, Jane Hearn, OCN spokesperson said today. “In a bizarre twist, the Minister has legalised Airbnb in the Affordable Rental Housing SEPP, disguising the mass transfer of critical housing to the tourist market”. “It takes some chutzpah to give into Airbnb and Expedia in the middle of pandemic, [...]

Quasi Hotels Here to Stay2021-10-12T14:37:33+11:00

New rules for Airbnb-style letting in NSW delayed by three months

2021-04-14T09:51:19+10:00

13 APRIL 2021 The NSW government has decided to delay the introduction of new rules for Airbnb-style letting across the state by three months after an outcry from councils and online rental company Stayz. The short-term letting rules were due to come into force on July 30, but the government has decided within the past 24 hours to delay their introduction to November 1. But the non-profit Owners Corporation Network, which [...]

New rules for Airbnb-style letting in NSW delayed by three months2021-04-14T09:51:19+10:00

OCN Opinion Piece – Short-Term Letting – NSW Government backs Airbnb in Final Policy

2021-07-20T13:17:28+10:00

April 12 2021 Late Friday 9 April 2021 the NSW Government quietly “announced” its stripped-down and “final” short-term letting policy. In the middle of a housing crisis, the Government has legalised “Airbnb” facilitating the loss of thousands of apartments and houses across NSW. In a bizarre twist, it used an amendment to the Affordable Rental Housing Policy 2009 to achieve its goal! This would be comic if it was not such [...]

OCN Opinion Piece – Short-Term Letting – NSW Government backs Airbnb in Final Policy2021-07-20T13:17:28+10:00

Airbnb ‘running amok’ during level 5 restrictions

2021-02-16T12:30:11+11:00

Airbnb should be taken down while Ireland is in level 5 restrictions because it is “running amok” by facilitating blatant breaches, including parties and binge drinking in rural areas, a senator has claimed. Cork senator Tim Lombard called on the Government to introduce legislation aimed at restricting Airbnb from renting out properties across the country. He cited a recent example in Kinsale that saw seven people from seven households found in [...]

Airbnb ‘running amok’ during level 5 restrictions2021-02-16T12:30:11+11:00

Barcelona Wants to Ban Renting Private Rooms to Tourists

2021-03-03T10:29:06+11:00

5 FEBRUARY 2021 The new proposal escalates the city’s aggressive efforts to protect long-term housing and curb tourism by regulating vacation rentals. Landlords in Barcelona would be permanently banned from renting out private rooms for short-term stays if the city approves a new plan. As part of a package of measures designed to protect potential long-term housing from being cannibalized by tourist rentals, the office of Mayor Ada Colau proposed a new rule that [...]

Barcelona Wants to Ban Renting Private Rooms to Tourists2021-03-03T10:29:06+11:00
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