ILLEGAL SHORT-TERM RENTALS - WHO’S CALLING THE SHOTS?
John Gudgeon, President of Holiday Letting Organisation Byron Bay (HLO), sat before a Parliamentary Inquiry in March 2016 and, under oath, told Committee Members that, in terms of short-term rental accommodation (STRA): “Basically we are looking at the fundamental use of a dwelling as being residential use. There is no difference in that residential use in regard to time—whether a person is there for a day, a week, a year or whatever.” Not so, according to sections of the NS
HOUSING GOES TO THE DOGS IN NSW
Late November, and the folk at Byron Shire Council held a Planning meeting to consider ‘Staff Reports – Sustainable Environment and Economic’…Impacts of and management options for short term rental accommodation (STRA) (Agenda item 13.21). Many areas presently zoned, and dwellings constructed, certified and sold as Residential, would now be volunteered by Council to State Government as ‘STRA 365 day areas’. The link on Council’s website to the areas mapped out no longer fun
NSW EDGES CLOSER TO ‘GREEN LIGHT’ FOR ILLEGAL SHORT-TERM RENTAL OPERATORS
Yesterday, Diana Holy, Director | Policy & Strategy, Better Regulation Division | Department of Customer Service, NSW Government, emailed the following message: “Commencement of Short-term Rental Accommodation Industry Code of Conduct and supporting regulation – Friday 18 December As advised previously, a Government-run premises register is being developed by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and is scheduled to commence in mid-2021 alongside the new planni
