“In 2014, there were an estimated 216,000 STHL premises in NSW/ACT.” So said a 2017 NSW Department of Planning ‘Options Paper’. And according to Greens MP Jamie Parker, it was the explosion of Airbnb across our State after 2014, that triggered his calling of a Parliamentary Inquiry into the ‘Adequacy of the regulation of short-term holiday letting in New South Wales’. There are no updated figures on the number of homes in NSW now lost to commercial holiday rentals.. In a

It is now 17 months since the NSW Departments of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPE) and Customer Service sought feedback on draft instruments and regulations that will be introduced state wide, allowing an unknown number of local and overseas booking platforms to turn any/every residential dwelling or structure into a commercial tourist/visitor rental. NSW Planning’s website states that feedback will help them “better understand the opinions and concerns of the communi