Rent caps and Airbnb backlash

FLAT CHAT WRAP

The podcast has an international flavour this week – and not just because co-host Sue dropped in just before she jetted off to Europe.
Reports from Scotland suggest that build-to-rent apartments, one suggested solution to the housing shortage – and rent caps, one proposed solution to the cost-of-living crisis – don’t sit easily with each other.

There are also reports from New York where Airbnb has sued the city for imposing rules on such trivialities as fire safety, over-crowding and building codes, saying they are an attempt to drive short-term holiday lets out of the city.

You can see their point – it’s like claiming that allowing Airbnb is effectively creating a campaign to drive locals out of their homes. (Thinks) Wait a minute!

We look at the Queensland government’s response to our question about its stated plans (but lack of action) to do something about the iniquity and inequity of the pre-sale of management rights.

And finally, we look at the best places to buy apartments if you want to make some capital gain.

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Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai.
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