How best to deal with short-term lettings, Airbnb style, is something that the new Strata Laws in NSW – which start on 30 November 2016 – don’t cover.
Instead, the NSW Government is waiting on a Parliamentary Committee set up to inquire upon the – Adequacy of the Regulation of Short-term Holiday Letting in New South Wales – to report at the end of August 2016, before it decides.
Modifying the section 49(1) prohibition upon by-laws infringing an owner’s rights to lease is one of the matters raised in the Inquiry for consideration.
Planning matters – how should planning instruments deal with short-term lettings, how should Local Councils regulate them, is another. Should there be a database created of short-term lettings premises?
Should there be a Code of Conduct administered by the Department of Planning and Environment?
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