This week’s podcast looks at the renewed concern about the effect of short-term holiday lets on affordable housing, following City of Sydney’s request to the state government to change the laws to curb Airbnb and its ilk.

Last week CoS said about 1000 homes would come back into the residential rental market in central Sydney alone if the government put limits on commercial STHL operators.

And we hear rumours that a Victoria-style tax is being considered, with the proceeds going to build new homes.

And can we trust an Airbnb survey that says people who can let their homes all year would just shutter them, rather than return them to the residential market?

And speaking of new homes, the government has fast-tracked planning approval for a number of high-rise blocks that will house 8000 families.

But are they building communities?

By the way, the news about the Netstrata report came in after we had recorded the podcast so we will definitely pick that up next week.

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