Brisbane

949 readers

27 users here now

Home of the bin chicken. Visit our friends:

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Brisbane to introduce Airbnb permits for property owners amid housing crisis crackdown (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Mayor Adrian Schrinner says property owners would now need appropriate planning approvals, body corporate support and a 24-7 property manager for short-term rentals

Hard to argue tbh.... Is there a negative to something like this I'm not aware of?

Personally I think Airbnb is the stupidest thing going. You pay more than hotel rates, to live in a house you have to clean and tidy yourself and then pay cleaning fees on top, and its often a hassle if anything goes wrong as there's no responsible party you can approach - Airbnb shrug their shoulders, and the host just hides behind a mobile number they can conveniently turn off.

Have used them a couple of times in the past purely because we had pets and I hated it.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It really feels like a 'Do something, anything!' situation.

To use a cricket analogy, take any easy singles now, and you can hit the boundaries when(if?) they come.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe, except I'm not convinced there's any desire with the LNP especially to actually hit those boundaries. They'd rather hit a couple of singles to get people off their back, and leave it at that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, when so many of the elected have investment properties, there's no incentive to change the way things are 😔