Short-term rentals account 2.2 per cent of all NSW dwellings,data reveals,but more than 10 per cent in Byron Shire and Snowy Monaro.
The never-before-seen data shows the impact short-stay rentals have on the state’s housing market.
About 63,000 affected Australian customers will be eligible for an average $230 compensation payment.
Police thought they were responding to a break and enter at a Sydney unit complex. Instead,they stumbled across an alleged kidnapping attempt and a 722kg drug haul.
The NSW government says there are thousands of homes that sit empty for most of the year which should be on the long-term rental market.
Airbnb Australia’s public policy head Michael Crosby was not convinced the cash incentive would have much impact on WA’s housing issues.
The number of Victorians seeking compensation as part of contested bond claims has grown steadily over the past four years.
The Greens are demanding changes to the state government’s signature housing policy,but Treasurer Tim Pallas says it’s a grab for attention.
What we’ll wake up to on October 15 is likely to be what we went to bed with on the 13th:a nation divided into different camps by fear and frustration on the one hand and on the other,those who are more optimistic because the system already advantages them.
Short-term accommodation platforms have had it all pretty much their own way since 2012 when Airbnb launched in Australia,but governments are now coming for their piece of the action.
The state government will cap some short-term rentals across much of the Byron Bay region to 60 days in an effort to increase the supply of homes in the holiday hotspot.