❓ Mr. Bolt questions the Premier on the ineffectiveness of government schemes to convert short-term rentals to long-term rentals, given the low conversion rate. The Premier defends the government's initiatives, highlighting incentives and regulatory reforms empowering local governments.
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Housing supply
689. Mr David Bolt to
the Premier:
I refer to the
government's own figures, which state that 11,575 premises were registered as
short-term rentals as of 30 June, yet only 480 properties have been returned to
the long-term rental market. Given the government's schemes
have failed to convert short-term rentals into the long-term market, what will
the Premier do to increase the number of long-term rentals?
689. Mr David Bolt to
the Premier:
I refer to the
government's own figures, which state that 11,575 premises were registered as
short-term rentals as of 30 June, yet only 480 properties have been returned to
the long-term rental market. Given the government's schemes
have failed to convert short-term rentals into the long-term market, what will
the Premier do to increase the number of long-term rentals?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member
for the question. Of course, he would be aware that we provided incentives for not
only people who have short-term rental accommodation, but also people who have vacant
accommodation so that they could bring those houses back into the long-term
rental market. Off the top of my head, that represented about a 10% increase in
supply to the rental market. It was an important initiative, but of course we
also provided regulatory reform to the short-term rental accommodation market,
which meant that we provided a regulatory regime to local government
authorities so that they could properly regulate the proliferation of
short-term rental accommodation in their areas. In particular, we gave regional
councils specific powers so that they could limit the amount of short-term
rental accommodation in their communities. I want to commend, for instance, the
City of Busselton, which did some great work in that area by raising awareness
in the community, building up the support for its campaign to limit the amount
of short-term rental accommodation and getting really good outcomes,
particularly for local workers, in terms of boosting the amount of long-term
rental supply. We put a range of initiatives in place, but the key one we put
in place, apart from the fact we have produced the incentive scheme to bring
those properties onto the long-term rental market, was to provide extra
capacity for local governments to better regulate this sector.
for the question. Of course, he would be aware that we provided incentives for not
only people who have short-term rental accommodation, but also people who have vacant
accommodation so that they could bring those houses back into the long-term
rental market. Off the top of my head, that represented about a 10% increase in
supply to the rental market. It was an important initiative, but of course we
also provided regulatory reform to the short-term rental accommodation market,
which meant that we provided a regulatory regime to local government
authorities so that they could properly regulate the proliferation of
short-term rental accommodation in their areas. In particular, we gave regional
councils specific powers so that they could limit the amount of short-term
rental accommodation in their communities. I want to commend, for instance, the
City of Busselton, which did some great work in that area by raising awareness
in the community, building up the support for its campaign to limit the amount
of short-term rental accommodation and getting really good outcomes,
particularly for local workers, in terms of boosting the amount of long-term
rental supply. We put a range of initiatives in place, but the key one we put
in place, apart from the fact we have produced the incentive scheme to bring
those properties onto the long-term rental market, was to provide extra
capacity for local governments to better regulate this sector.
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