Roundup: Short-stay concerns for stars in flats
I was wondering this week about how some of the more famous residents of apartment buildings in touristy spots might feel if the parliamentary committee looking into the holiday letting…
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How City of Sydney betrayed strata residents
It’s probably too early to gauge the effect of City of Sydney’s betrayal of apartment residents when it comes to holiday letting – but it’s somewhere between a kick in…
Airbnb laws up in the air
Chaos for short-stay hosts as Supreme Court rules, legislation stalls and minister resigns The whole future of who can rent out their Melbourne home to short-stay guests is up in the…
Anti-holiday lets group gaining support
Things are getting serious down in Victoria where the We Live Here movement – set up to curb the unfettered spread of short-term lets into residential apartment blocks – has launched a…
RANT: Tenants Union backs Airbnb couple in ‘sub-letting’ row
I have just read an article in the Age which in which the Tenants Union of Victoria supported the “right” of tenants to rent out their entire apartment on airbnb.…
Drawing the line on holiday lets
There’s been a lot said and written about Airbnb-style short-term lets in apartment blocks – not least in this column – but where do you draw the line between enjoying…