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18.07 Uniting against proxy farming and rorts
01 Jul 2018 01:00 AM - Comment(s)
Corruption, secret deals, intimidation, blackmail – no, we are not talking about a new TV series – we are talking about owners' corporations across Melbourne.
18.06 More large-scale proxy farming
01 Jun 2018 12:58 AM - Comment(s)
In our April column we reported on two apartment buildings where owners were suffering after proxy farmers stitched up lucrative contracts.
Lord Mayor by-election: make your vote count
01 May 2018 04:44 PM - Comment(s)
A by-election for the vacant position of Lord Mayor will be held in May. It will be conducted entirely by postal voting, with ballot packs mailed to voters between Monday 23 April and Thursday 26 April.
18.04 Embedded kickbacks
01 Apr 2018 12:57 AM - Comment(s)
The ABC is investigating an issue arising from electricity companies in strata complexes with embedded networks having difficulties trying to change electricity providers or take over the network.
18.03 Startling Airbnb listing statistics
01 Mar 2018 12:56 AM - Comment(s)
New data on Airbnb listings for Melbourne has shown that between 2016 and 2018 there has been a 132 per cent increase in listings for metropolitan Melbourne and a whopping 186 per cent increase in listings within the City of Melbourne, see Table 1.
18.02 Privy Council gets it, Andrews doesn't
01 Feb 2018 10:54 PM - Comment(s)
The Privy Council in London has unanimously ruled that strata corporations may enforce by-laws to restrict short-term letting.
17.11 Short-stays behind property price pain
01 Nov 2017 10:52 PM - Comment(s)
The Victorian Government must address the state's unregulated commercial short-stay industry, if it's serious about fixing Melbourne's housing affordability crisis.
17.10 A look back at what's been happening
01 Oct 2017 10:50 PM - Comment(s)
Whilst we wait for the Victorian Government's response to the recommendations of the Parliamentary Inquiry into short-stays, it is perhaps timely to review what has been happening around the country and overseas.
17.09 Media campaign reaches 1 million Victorians
01 Sep 2017 10:50 PM - Comment(s)
We Live Here has been working with media professionals to reach out to Victorians affected by the short-stay industry and we have been overwhelmed with support.
17.08 Flammable cladding: residents ignored
01 Aug 2017 10:48 PM - Comment(s)
The Victorian Government Cladding Taskforce examining flammable cladding does not include a key stakeholder group – the strata owners that would end up having to manage any remediation works.
17.07 Short-stays: Let owners decide
01 Jul 2017 10:48 PM - Comment(s)
The Victorian Parliament's Environment and Planning Committee has recommended significant changes to a Bill before Parliament aimed at regulating short-stay accommodation.
17.06 Southbank residents dealt a joker
01 Jun 2017 10:46 PM - Comment(s)
A proposal by casino operator Crown to build Australia's tallest building, Queensbridge Towers is set to bypass all normal planning processes and Southbank residents and owners are outraged.
17.05 Short-term letting must be regulated
01 May 2017 10:45 PM - Comment(s)
The NSW government has swept aside the recommendations of a parliamentary report and announced a new consultative process to decide how short-stays will be regulated. The discarded report had recommended a massive increase in short-term holiday rentals in apartment buildings.
Airbnb: facts, figures and smokescreens
01 Apr 2017 04:40 PM - Comment(s)
Founded in San Francisco in 2008, Airbnb has been promoted as an online booking platform that supports young creatives, and people on low incomes, hoping to make extra money out of spare rooms.
17.03 Airbnb: facts and smokescreens
01 Mar 2017 10:45 PM - Comment(s)
Founded in San Francisco in 2008, Airbnb has been promoted as an online booking platform that supports young creatives and people on low incomes, hoping to make extra money out of spare rooms.
17.02 A big year for We Live Here
01 Feb 2017 10:44 PM - Comment(s)
We Live Here recently celebrated its first birthday and what a year it has been! As readers of this column will know, the We Live Here movement arose from the long-running but ultimately unsuccessful case against short-stays involving Watergate Apartments in Docklands.
16.12 Big win for residents in parliamentary vote
01 Dec 2016 10:43 PM - Comment(s)
The Owners Corporation Amendment (Short Stay Accommodation) Bill 2016 has been referred back to the Environment and Planning Committee for inquiry.