@c_mcph said:
I’m still left with a couple of questions about the way you and other journalists write about Airbnb. Firstly, if you believe that Council ownership of short-term rental management is ‘makes a lot of sense’ then why did you not list it as one of the options in your article explaining the down sides it brings? You gave 5 very detailed options but left out a major one.
Because is is not, so far as I know, being seriously discussed and that’s because councils have made it clear they aren’t interested.
Secondly, I understand why Airbnb continually represent themselves as ‘mum and dad making some extra cash’, by why do journalist not talk about the people buying units for Airbnb exclusively?
I do and I have, somewhere in the 25 articles I have written about Airbnb and which they have complained about. Other journalists may have been seduced by the whole free money myth but I can’t speak for them.
Regarding your other comments, I have heard anecdotally from building managers that 19 out of 20 airbnb rentals are absolutely fine but the 20th will be an absolute horror-show. That one bad apple can have a very deleterious effect on the rest of the strata barrel.