Podcast: Is Airbnb the solution, not the problem?
Whether you love or loathe Airbnb, you have to admit its founder, Brian Chesky, is a pretty smart guy. Anyone who can parlay an idea to rent an airbed in…
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Victoria councils want curbs on holiday lets
The Municipal Associations of Victoria (MAV) – the umbrella body for all the local government bodies in the state – has called on the state government to impose restrictions on…
Airbnb back to basics as global backlash bites
You may have noticed an increase in glossy TV ads of late, showing nice people moving in with even nicer people, usually somewhere exotic. Then the Airbnb logo appears, launching…
Podcast: Outfoxed by proxies lost in translation
We wander down some well-trodden tracks in this week’s podcast, but there are a few twists and turns to keep you on your toes. We dissect the arguments in a…
Airbnb: ‘Residential rental crisis is not our fault’
We received a long and detailed email from Airbnb last week and we thought it was only fair to let you make your own minds up about the global holiday…
Podcast: Rent rise shocks, new kids on the blocks
There’s been a lot happening behind the scenes in Strataland over Easter. For a start, there’s the latest figures on booming rent rises across Australia. Is it any surprise that…
Opinion: Why landlords switch rentals to Airbnb
A few weeks ago I wrote about how short-term holiday lets were impacting on the residential rental market. Reader Jill Saunders in Tasmania didn’t dispute that assertion, but she feels…
Forum: Whose electric cable is it anyway?
Easter is upon us and the furious deluge of questions and answers has been reduced to an irritated trickle. One reader wants to know why his strata manger has said…
Qld plans more affordable homes, less hunger
The Queensland government may not have all the answers to its housing problems, but it certainly addressed most of the questions at its recent round table on the issue. From…
SBS doco plots Scots’ plan to curb Airbnb
An episode of the SBS doco series Dateline is shining the spotlight on what some see as one of the greatest failures of government regulation in Australia – the largely…
Podcast: Scots to crack down on holiday lets
This week sees us return to familiar ground both geographically and in terms of our topics as we take a look at an SBS Dateline episode set in and around…
Is Victorian strata really a too-hard basket case?
COMMENTIs Victorian strata really in a state of chaos? And if that’s the case, how does that manifest itself, why is it so, and what can be done about it?…