Australia: Airbnb hosts can be fined $550 for failing to notify strata of new guests under NSW law

/ Owner - November 19, 2017

A LITTLE-USED legal provision could be used to put the squeeze on owners who rent their units out on short-term rental sites like Airbnb.  Author and apartment living expert Jimmy Thomson, founder of the website Flat Chat, has called for owners’ corporations to fine landlords who don’t register tenants using a “widely ignored” law.  Under Section 258 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015, owners must notify the body corporate of any changes to leases or subleases, including the name and address of the tenant, within 14 days.     Read the article……………..

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