Miller: Rein in Airbnb to free up 1000 city homes
City of Sydney Councillors are pushing the NSW State government to rein in commercial short-term rentals and free up housing stock.
PICA: New laws threaten strata managers’ viability
PICA, Australia’s biggest strata management company, says owners must be educated before proposed new laws come in for NSW strata managers.
Forum: Council versus owners corp over Airbnb
Conflict with council OK for holiday lets, insurance for solar panels, air-con water torture, mini land grab, who owns front door keys?
Podcast: Secretive strata managers face fines
$110,000 fines for recalcitrant strata managers, new affordable homes for essential workers, better designs for low-rise blocks and the rights and wrongs of a land grab.
New strata manager laws: $110k fine warning
The new strata manager laws on cozy deals, commissions and kickbacks carry fines of up to $110,000 for strata managers who flout them.
Netstrata scandal: feeding frenzy looms in strata war
With the Fair Trading report into the Netstrata scandal long overdue, this is a trying time for everyone in the stratasphere.
Forum: Happy strata owner breaks the mould
Happy strata owner, confusion about privacy, Tribunal tension, grabbing back CP land, and OC refuses to fix mould problem - all in this week's Forum.
Podcast: Would you share a flat with Boomers?
It's cheaper but, we ask in this week's podcast, is flat-sharing a viable answer for the old and lonely? Plus, the strata law we keep having to litigate.
Back on ABC radio, more often and at a new time
JimmyT is back on ABC Afternoons with James Valentine, and you can catch up with the most recent session via a link to the last broadcast in this story.
Forum: Fire safety is a burning issue in old strata
The cost of fire safety, the definition of stratum, limits on a compulsory strata manager and a new guide for ACT strata - all in the Forum.
Podcast: Between strata liveability and luxury
Jimmy and Sue pick the bones out of NSW's new strata manager regs, shine a light on a near-billionaire developer and ask if flats really need luxury
How our first strata scheme changed the world
A modest 18-apartment block in Sydney’s inner west was the very first strata scheme in the world but it sparked a global revolution in the way we live and own our…