Brisbane City Council Airbnb rate hike draws mixed responses during housing crisis
- realestatetrendsin
- Jun 22, 2022
- 1 min read
Brisbane City Council has been accused of taking a short-sighted approach to the housing crisis and for failing to draw from modelling.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner announced in the budget on Wednesday the council would slap an extra 50 per cent on top of rates bills for properties that were rented as short-term accommodation on sites like Airbnb and Stayz.
The new policy was designed to force more homeowners to return their properties to the general rental market.
But the council did not have exact data on how many short-term accommodation properties operated in Brisbane, and would rely on owners identifying themselves, along with reports from neighbours and "technology", to find the properties.
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