Podcast: Five years on, pets are here to stay
Podcast: Five years on from the Jo Cooper case pets are here to stay PLUS, how a ban on rent bidding is helping tenants and a kitchen sink drama.
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Forum: Builder’s botch job leaves flat floorless
Forum: Builder's botch job, owners slugged for insurance excess, scheme tol to check hot water system for Legionella, black mould case going to NCAT
Forum: How to switch your strata managers
Forum: Sacking strata managers, reno approval delay, electric meter replacement blocked, residents parking in visitors' spots, gate refused.
New laws: Will strata cops make a difference?
The Podcast picks apart the new strata laws passed in Parliament this week - but will having a Taskforce to enforce them make all the difference?
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?
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.
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.
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.
Forum: Up to speed, thanks to Flatchatters
Two big stories landed this week - both about strata managers and transparency - and it was Flatchatters who kept us up to speed on both.