We are concerned that despite living in a housing crisis, there are many residential homes that remain both vacant or used for short stay accommodation on platforms such as Airbnb, Stayz and Booking.com.

While the short stay accommodation sector alone is not responsible for the housing crisis, it is one of a range of issues that needs to be addressed to improve opportunities to grow housing supply options in the short to medium term.

In essence, more strategic use of the short term accommodation assets available in our community provides one important pathway to increasing supply for those needing more stable and enduring housing options.