The Greens welcome news the Hobart City Council has voted to seek a Planning Scheme amendment to ban new applications for homes to be used as short-stay accommodation.
Analysis undertaken by the Greens reveals applications have been made to make 41 Hobart homes short stay accommodation in the last six months, with 1 in 4 formerly used as rentals.
New reports released by Domain and Cotality paint a stark picture of worsening pain for renters, as rents continue to rise.
CBOS’ new short stay accommodation statistics show 500 whole-homes have been lost to short stay in little more than a year.
The WA Government is joining the majority of other states and territories to implement a nationally agreed end to no cause evictions.
Hobart rents have had the largest quarterly increase in four years to a record $620 per week, higher now than Melbourne. Many Tasmanians can no longer afford to pay the rent.
The Western Australian government announced this week that they will end no grounds evictions. They join New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT and South Australia.
People making minimum wage can’t afford a room in an average-priced Tasmanian share house, according to Anglicare Tasmania’s latest Rental Affordability Snapshot.
The Housing Register hit another record high, rising beyond 5,500 applicants, according to new Homes Tasmania data.
Hobart rents recorded the largest quarterly increase in four years, while vacancy rates dropped to record lows, according to Domain’s Quarterly Rental Report.