THE BIG LIE – NSW ‘TOUGH’ ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS
Looking across our Harbour two days ago, Tim Ritchie photographed the Shangri-La Hotel. With all 565 rooms empty, Management are sending a message to locals (see photo or link). One expects that many of the Shangri-La’s employees and sub-contractors are doing it very tough. And that’s just one hotel. Data from Inside Airbnb indicates that between 7 January-9 May 2020, the number of homes listed by Airbnb (only) across the Sydney Metropolitan Area dropped from 41,671 to 37
THE BIG LIE – NSW ‘TOUGH’ ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS
Looking across our Harbour two days ago, Tim Ritchie photographed the Shangri-La Hotel. With all 565 rooms empty, Management are sending a message to locals (see photo or link). One expects that many of the Shangri-La’s employees and sub-contractors are doing it very tough. And that’s just one hotel. Data from Inside Airbnb indicates that between 7 January-9 May 2020, the number of homes listed by Airbnb (only) across the Sydney Metropolitan Area dropped from 41,671 to 37
REGIONAL NSW TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS. COVID-19 – AIRBNB RENTALS – HOW CLEAN IS ‘CLEAN’?
Back in April, Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation Kevin Anderson MP wrote that the NSW Government is committed to establishing a short-term rental accommodation regulatory framework that balances “the rights of homeowners to reasonably use their properties as they wish” (COR-010652020). The Minister was asked to identify exactly which legal “rights” permit owner/occupiers and tenants to use NSW residential dwellings for commercial short-term tourist/visitor accomm
REGIONAL NSW TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS. COVID-19 – AIRBNB RENTALS – HOW CLEAN IS ‘CLEAN’?
Back in April, Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation Kevin Anderson MP wrote that the NSW Government is committed to establishing a short-term rental accommodation regulatory framework that balances “the rights of homeowners to reasonably use their properties as they wish” (COR-010652020). The Minister was asked to identify exactly which legal “rights” permit owner/occupiers and tenants to use NSW residential dwellings for commercial short-term tourist/visitor accomm
IS COVID-19 DOING WHAT NSW LEGISLATORS REFUSE TO DO?
Our Tourism Industry has been totally blindsided by drought, bushfires and now the coronavirus COVID-19. With the winding back today of some restrictions, the State Government’s DestinationNSW is set to tell us: “It’s time to love NSW.” We are all being encouraged to visit ‘close to home’ when travel restrictions are lifted. NSW was Australia’s premier tourist destination before COVID-19, and Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres told the Media yesterday: “The moment we feel com
IS COVID-19 DOING WHAT NSW LEGISLATORS REFUSE TO DO?
Our Tourism Industry has been totally blindsided by drought, bushfires and now the coronavirus COVID-19. With the winding back today of some restrictions, the State Government’s DestinationNSW is set to tell us: “It’s time to love NSW.” We are all being encouraged to visit ‘close to home’ when travel restrictions are lifted. NSW was Australia’s premier tourist destination before COVID-19, and Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres told the Media yesterday: “The moment we feel com
AN INVITATION TO AIRBNB WHISTLEBLOWERS
A media search of Airbnb ‘news’ over the last 24 hours features, in every language imaginable, one outstanding topic: Airbnb is making a quarter of its global workforce redundant…laying off 1,900 employees due to a decline in demand. And in an open call to ex-Airbnb employees, Inside Airbnb, which has been monitoring Airbnb’s operations and data scraping since 2014 for the benefit of legislators worldwide, is calling on former staff to provide evidence of systematic evasion
AN INVITATION TO AIRBNB WHISTLEBLOWERS
A media search of Airbnb ‘news’ over the last 24 hours features, in every language imaginable, one outstanding topic: Airbnb is making a quarter of its global workforce redundant…laying off 1,900 employees due to a decline in demand. And in an open call to ex-Airbnb employees, Inside Airbnb, which has been monitoring Airbnb’s operations and data scraping since 2014 for the benefit of legislators worldwide, is calling on former staff to provide evidence of systematic evasion
AIRBNB: DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS and VERY BIG LOOPHOLES
“We will take you to jail. I’m not going to allow any individuals to upend the process. I can’t make this any clearer. You absolutely must stay home, and that means your home, not somebody else’s home, not an Airbnb.” One Mayor’s response to those who continue to party in short-term rentals; Chicago’s Mayor, Lori Lightfoot. On Queensland’s Gold Coast last Friday night, police attended two noisy Airbnb parties, handing out 25 fines totalling $33,350. In northern NSW and
AIRBNB: DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS and VERY BIG LOOPHOLES
“We will take you to jail. I’m not going to allow any individuals to upend the process. I can’t make this any clearer. You absolutely must stay home, and that means your home, not somebody else’s home, not an Airbnb.” One Mayor’s response to those who continue to party in short-term rentals; Chicago’s Mayor, Lori Lightfoot. On Queensland’s Gold Coast last Friday night, police attended two noisy Airbnb parties, handing out 25 fines totalling $33,350. In northern NSW and
