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Should the government strictly limit the number of days a property can be listed on sites like Airbnb?

Short-term rental platforms have transformed tourism in NSW but are blamed for stripping the long-term rental market of supply, particularly in coastal hotspots like Byron Bay and parts of Sydney. The NSW government has explored caps (e.g., 60 days per year) to balance the rights of property owners with the desperate need for residential housing. Proponents argue that housing is a human right that supersedes the profit motives of holiday letting. Opponents argue that these caps infringe on property rights and hurt regional economies that lack sufficient hotel infrastructure.

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Yes

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No

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Yes, homes are for people to live in, not for investors to run illegal hotels.

 @BBHXTRRanswered…2mos2MO

I am uneasy about relatively unrestricted and uncontrolled things like Uber and such - and feel that standards for holiday rentals etc would be higher without private self-regulation. Wth the shortage of rentals these should be rentals to cover the short term HOMING deficit..

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Yes, force these properties back into the long-term rental market to lower rents for locals.

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No, the solution is to build more hotels, not punish mum and dad investors.

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No, this would kill the tourism economy in coastal towns that rely on visitor spending.

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No, the government has no right to tell property owners how to use their own assets.

 @BDFQNQN answered…10hrs10H

this would kill the tourism economy in coastal towns that rely on visitor spending. but there should be action of the amount of short term rentals in certain area to help the housing criss.

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