There’s a lot of uncertainty around how best to regulate short-term rentals. It’s a very new industry, growing quickly and no one really knows how best to deal with the negative consequences. Different cities...
Here’s an example of some tough short-term rental rules. Santa Monica forces Airbnb and Homeaway to verify hosts are registered with the city. Seems sensible? Not to Airbnb and Homeaway. They took the city...
NSW had trouble coming up with a policy on short-term rentals, and its final version leaves a lot to be desired. Lost in the specific criticisms is a wider issue though – whether NSW...
Byron Bay wants to make its own laws to control holiday letting. The NSW Govt should let them and give other councils the same. Local councils need flexibility to deal with these problems, not...
This opinion piece highlights a number of issues with the lack of short-term rental regulation in NSW. Safety, community and commercialisation all need to be considered by any new laws. But we only need...
An interesting proposal today from NSW MP John Sidoti – allowing short-term rentals in stratas should be opt-in, not opt-out. The idea that short-term rentals would be automatically barred in apartment buildings unless the strata votes...
An interesting story today from Noosa News – Airbnb gave contradictory information to Noosa council about the number of listings in the shire, first claiming it was 590 then bumping it to 1100. Airbnb...
Well that escalated quickly. New Orleans has been having trouble getting short-term rental sites to comply with its new rules (capping bookings at 90 days per year). It’s a classic case where Airbnb cooperated...
How much Australian Govt housing is on Airbnb and other short-term rental websites? We’ve seen one case of illegal subletting in Australia so far (in Sydney CBD) but this recent case in Boston suggests it’s...
NSW’s state government is having trouble coming up with rules to control short-term rentals. Let’s help them out. Before it was kiboshed by the backbench, the original proposal probably looked something like this: 180...
