Schrinner said if owners chose to list entire properties,not individual rooms,on the platforms “that is their choice”,but they would face a significant increase in their rates bill under Australia’s largest local government.
“Right now the priority is renters,” he said.
The council would rely on data searches available to the government and the large number of complaints — 275 in the past three years — it is receiving about such properties.
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“We will be encouraging members of the public to let us know if a property is used for short-term rental purposes,” Schrinner said. “I know some owners will not like this approach.”
He said the move would mean the properties listed on short-stay platforms for more than 60 days each year would essentially pay commercial rates — a figure about $600 a year higher for those on the city’s minimum rating category.
After the Gold Coast announced a 4.3 per cent rise in its average residential rates on Tuesday,Schrinner said the average Brisbane property owner would experience a lower increase of less than $160 a year.