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STUNNING NEWS!!

29 Aug 2024 09:02 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

The Greens and Labor parties in Victoria have announced a ground-breaking bill to regulate short-stay operations like Airbnb, empowering apartment owners to decide whether to allow short stays in their buildings.

This long-overdue legislation will bring Victoria in line with global standards an...

2024.01 New Year, new hope?

15 Jan 2024 09:02 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

New Year, new hope?

Is 2024 a year to dream that the impossible might happen?

Shall we dare believe what We Live Here has been advocating for, since we launched in 2016, might become a reality?

Our reason for cautious hope is that Victoria has a new Premier and a new Minister for Consumer Affairs.

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2023.12 From housing crisis to hope?

01 Dec 2023 01:39 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Now that Victoria has both a new Premier and a new Minister for Consumer Affairs, can we dare to hope or dream there will be some meaningful changes during the first term of this new government?

2023.11 Greens pressure on short-stay levy

01 Nov 2023 01:38 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

The Victorian Greens have written to the Treasurer Tim Pallis saying they will oppose Victoria’s proposed short-stay levy unless they get substantial changes to the state government’s new housing policy.

2023.10 Cash without the cure

01 Oct 2023 01:38 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Victoria’s proposed tax on short stays will generate cash for the state government while ignoring internationally recognised solutions to tackle problems with the industry.

2023.09 Short stays out of control

01 Sep 2023 01:37 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

The woeful inadequacy of the state’s short-stay legislation remains in the spotlight, with heightened tension in municipalities throughout the state.

2023.08 Renaissance of reason

01 Aug 2023 01:37 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

The We Live Here Forum on Housing Affordability and Short-Term Rentals showed that there are solutions to the crisis, and that people with different perspectives can work together to achieve results.

2023.07 Quiz the politicians

01 Jul 2023 01:36 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

The housing crisis has been capturing headlines for some time now and this forum will be an opportunity for the community to get some answers from our pollies.

23.06 Suburban councils take the lead

01 Jun 2023 01:35 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Melbourne City Council is falling behind suburban councils in the race to prevent the city being overrun by short stays.

23.05 Built to rent and ruin

01 May 2023 01:35 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

An inner-city apartment resident has written to We Live Here with a horror story of dealing with “visiting drunks lacking self-awareness” in a neighbouring property.

23.04 Aurora-gate exposes inadequate laws

01 Apr 2023 01:34 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

The battle for the owners' corporation at Aurora Melbourne Central has underlined the woeful inadequacies of Victoria's strata laws and VCAT tribunal system.

23.03 The monster eating Melbourne

01 Mar 2023 01:34 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Local councils are fighting back against the short-stay behemoth that's causing chaos across the city.

23.02 Other councils take the lead

01 Feb 2023 01:33 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Several Melbourne councils with simmering short-stay issues are taking matters into their own hands, frustrated by interminable inertia at the state level.

22.12 A legal labyrinth

01 Dec 2022 01:32 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Navigating the legislative changes affecting owners corporations over the past four years is quite a challenge. We offer this thread to help you through the maze:

22.11 State election the short answers

01 Nov 2022 01:30 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Last month in this column we asked the question of the major parties competing at the forthcoming state election – what are your party’s policies on short-stays?

22.10 Cash to ditch short stays!

01 Oct 2022 02:10 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

A city in Arizona, USA is implementing an innovative plan to enhance housing availability for locals.

22.09 Tourism sector calls for short-stay day limit

01 Sep 2022 02:09 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Tourism industry groups want Victoria to follow other states, including NSW, and impose a limit on the number of days per year that properties can be let as short stays.