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I don’t deny that there are plenty of well-behaved and decent landlords and short-term tenants (just as the vast majority of long-term tenants are decent and well-behaved). But if the short-term landlords aren’t prepared to own the fact that some short term rentals are little more than party pads and that they cause immense problems for their neighbours then I’m afraid all the good people will be caught up in the sweep to get rid of the nasty ones.
I’ve read all the “voluntary codes of conduct” going and still we get issues like the Watergate building in Melbourne and a block in Sydney that I’ve just heard about where the majority of owners, who are absentee landlords, have kicked all the resident owners off their Executive Committee so they are free to run their short-term lets without interference from the people who have to watch the weekly parade of holidaymakers, bucks parties, hens nights and footie fans.