A New South Wales mayor will ask holiday rental house owners to consider leasing to permanent tenants in a bid to address the housing crisis.Some 600 homes are available for short stays in the major regional hub of NowraShoalhaven Mayor Amanda Findley's move follows the success of the samein the neighbouring Eurobodalla Shire, where 50 home owners have agreed to switch to long-term leasing.
Ms Findley said domestic tourism had slowed down in the region because people were choosing to holiday overseas again."We've had a quiet winter in the Shoalhaven and full-time tenancy is a good option for people who own a second home, particularly as we see international flights picking up speed again," Ms Findley said.
"We're not in the same kind of economic conditions as we were 18 months ago when it comes to domestic travel. "Some people may find themselves with an asset that isn't what they expected, in terms of running a business from home." Amanda Findley says she will write to investment property owners and ask them to reconsider their approach to leasing.
Air bnb has no place in residential areas anyway. It’s clearly designed to be a party house and it’s disruptive and disrespectful to residents of the street, it should be banned.
Greedy middle class people that want to have lettuce and eat it too!
NEWSFLASH: Appeals for someone apart from Govt and the “homeless” to pay for someone else’s housing!
Many are rich from overseas with holiday homes around the world also acting as land banks. Our government encourages the rich to get duel passports to buy our property.
....and unemployment at all time low. Get a job, get a house...., pretty bloody simple solution instead of blaming others. Why doesn't ABC mention that
Honestly, the government at anytime they want to extend a road, build a bridge or whatever they use SummaryAquisition Government R just woosses, take them, don't ask... Or maybe the ABC could pop down to the council to find the owners of a few and confront them !!
where are the 500,000 plus New Zealanders that live here, sleeping? what would the rental vacancy rate be if they were not here? The trans Tasman agrmt is no longer in Australians best interest, we have no ethical responsibility for NZ yet the govt wants to give them the vote 🙄
if folk want to buy a holiday house & use it for four weeks of the year that's their prerogative, the Fed govt are responsible for this disgraceful shortage with decades of unsustainable immigration & the State govt's are shirking their responsibility for public housing.
.ShoalhavenCC mayor 1amandafindley, ask your Planning staff what advice they gave STHL representatives in the corridors of the NSW Parliament. Go on! LGAs MUST BE MANDATED to enforce residential zoning. NSWDPE Right2Housing NeighboursNotStrangers
Residential housing is for housing residents. All LGAs MUST BE MANDATED to enforce residential zoning. RobStokesMP NSWDPE Right2Housing NeighboursNotStrangers
ShoalhavenCC FFS - AirBnB is something the councils SHOULD BE regulating, thats their basic job above all else. Tax the ever loving sh1t out of them, then use that money to invest in public housing. Tourists can go back to using hotels - this is not that F**KING HARD.
I think it will take more than asking
Complaining to property investors about homelessness is like complaining about anti-semitism to the Nazis.
Get rid of negative gearing
Communism is coming to this country Expropriation This word is not known for 90 percent of AU population Ppl need to start reading Lenin books, this word was one of his favourites
neg gearing causes allocation of wealth n resources
How about the gov. invests in more public housing?
MOST empty houses are abandoned when the occupants go to nursing homes without giving power of attorney to anyone. Or die and the relatives couldn't care less. My town... 4600 dwellings. 5 Short term rentals. 0 holiday houses. 500 vacant houses. Most now uninhabitable.
where religious scotmo when u need him?
Don't ask.
But are property owners too greedy and selfish?
Reason 1287987 Airbnb and co should be banned universally.
Let’s bring in more refugees
Would rather keep it empty than have it trashed by trash.
Why? Less money and more problems 🤔