This article is about an upcoming webinar hosted by OCN and City of Sydney: taking control of short term letting in your apartment building.
Your Strata, Your Choice. Take Control of Short Term Letting in your Apartment Building
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Join OCN and City of Sydney for a free one-hour webinar that will equip you with the knowledge of how to stop your apartment building being turned into a quasi-hotel and give you the power to take back control of where you live.
This webinar – run by the Owners Corporation Network (OCN) whose sole purpose is to represent the interests of strata owners and residents – is for you if:
- You live in an apartment building, may be on the strata committee, or you are a strata agent
- You are concerned about Airbnb-style letting
- You want to take action before it’s too late
Hosted by OCN Chair, Jane Hearn, the webinar will cover the use of residential buildings by online rental brokers and the hugely negative impact this can have on residents.
Although short term holiday lettings have decreased due to the pandemic, this is temporary and the demand will be back. Now is the time to decide what you want for your apartment building and your community. Jane will explain proposed changes to the NSW planning system which take away the protection that development conditions, existing by-laws and residential zoning have provided until recently.
The webinar will provide a solution to these issues by explaining a new by-law that is available. The bylaw bans investor/hosts from flipping residential apartments to the tourist market. In the face of a complete de-regulation, OCN mounted a successful campaign for clear legal authority to adopt such by-laws. OCN will also explain how it continues to press for a better outcome to the planning law changes.
When: Wednesday 20 May 2020, 1 pm AEST
OCN and City of Sydney also have another upcoming webinar on the 3 June from 1 to 2 pm. You can register here: In the line of fire – fire safety in apartment buildings.
This post appears in Strata News #351.
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Is there a wording available for a by-law that we can adopt?
Hi bomberal
We have received this reply from OCN:
Thank you for your question. The Owners Corporation Network of Australia (OCN) campaigned to get the law clarified and enable strata schemes to prevent their apartment blocks turning into quasi hotels. The OCN then commissioned a specialist strata lawyer with experience in overcrowding and short term letting to draft a by-law specifically to implement new section 137A of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW).
The new section 137A commenced 10 April 2020. Please be aware that the usual special resolution procedure applies, as with all by laws. The planning law will not change until later in the year but Government has commenced the by law power ahead of the rest of the framework.
Tomorrow (20 May) OCN is running a free webinar as so many people still do not know that the planning law is changing, and they will need to update their by-laws in line with the new provision. You can go to the OCN website and you see there is currently a special offer to join OCN, which is free until 30 June 2020 and once joined you can buy the by law. The website is http://www.ocn.org.au. You can also email the office with any queries [email protected].