Holiday letting report – what really happened
If strata living is politics in its rawest form – and trust me, it can be – what really happened this week when the government responded to the Coure report…
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Ministers step back from short-term letting report
The NSW Government has stepped back from a Parliamentary report into proposed regulations for Airbnb-style online holiday letting agencies and will produce a position paper next month, following broader consultation…
My new novel – it even has a strata angle
I was going to start this example of shameless self-promotion by apologising for the fact that this novel has nothing to do with strata living. But wait. There’s a man…
Last word on new short-term letting laws
Actually, that heading is a bit misleading, if not wildly hopeful. The NSW government is due any day to table its response to the Coure inquiry into holiday letting, the…
Logins and lock-outs: Keeping you safe from cyber-baddies
Just a quick note to anyone who has recently been enduring the frustrations of trying to register and login to the site. We’ve all been locked out and tripped up…
Roundup: Strata rogue and an offer you CAN refuse
Remember the rogue developer who is basically making up the rules as he goes? Apparently this chump has now sold enough units to trigger the first AGM but thinks he…
Co-op housing: working together to live better
James Brown, Chief Executive of Common Equity NSW, the peak body for housing co-operatives in the state, explains why Australia should be looking at a collective response to a community problem. Co-Op…
Affordable housing: The only way is ethics
Is there anybody in the housing industry who is more interested in doing what it says on their tin – housing people – than making money regardless of the social…
Roundup: Rights, wrongs and the law of diminishing returns
There’s a good old whinge in the Forum this week. An owner has spent $30,000 in a legal battle with the Owners Corp and expects to spend the same again…
Four-year fight shuts door on inspection that never was
A NSW Owners Corporation has been forced to meet its common property obligations, after a four year battle with one of the property owners over a sliding door and an…
Alarm as Fireys levy sparks strata fears
A wave of panic has run through StrataLand in the past couple of weeks – hardly a tsunami but more than a ripple – with the news that the Fire…
Look out! They’re going to tax your view
They say you don’t own the view from your apartment but a scheme has been launched today to allow apartment blocks to register their vistas … provided they are prepared…