short term letting

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

Council to consider short-stay changes

2021-08-27T13:49:53+10:00

17 August 2021 Hobart City Council will consider taking steps to amend its planning scheme and seeking state government support to limit the number of new permits to convert entire homes to short-stay visitor accommodation. Council News City of Hobart Website > Link to the article

Council to consider short-stay changes2021-08-27T13:49:53+10:00

Airbnb is eating the neighbourhood

2021-06-17T15:57:32+10:00

16 June 2021 Last month the NSW “Airbnb Policy” was quietly gazetted by the Minister for Planning, Mr Robert Stokes MP. This is a major planning reform that permits all housing to be used for short stay tourism. It takes some chutzpah to give in to tourist Platforms in the middle of pandemic with housing prices soaring. There has long been holiday letting along the coast, and some corporate lets in [...]

Airbnb is eating the neighbourhood2021-06-17T15:57:32+10:00

Draft Environmental Strategy 2021-2025

2021-06-22T16:02:46+10:00

15 June 2021 The Owners Corporation Network (OCN) applauds the City of Sydney for their strong and ongoing advocacy and support for a Green Global and Connected Sydney. The environmental results and outcomes as summarised in the City's draft Environmental Strategy 2021-25 are impressive and we are proud to be a partner with the City in the achievement of sustainable residential apartment communities. > Download PDF

Draft Environmental Strategy 2021-20252021-06-22T16:02:46+10:00

How Airbnb Makes Nightmares Disappear

2021-06-16T11:38:34+10:00

15 June 2021 Airbnb has grown from a funky, couch-surfing alternative to one of the biggest travel companies in the world. It has more listings than the top nine hotel chains combined and a $100 billion market value built on the idea that strangers can trust each other. But with so many people and so many transactions — many of which include meeting in real life — it's inevitable that bad [...]

How Airbnb Makes Nightmares Disappear2021-06-16T11:38:34+10:00

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
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