Source: ABC Radio Brisbane ByCrispian Yeomans and Craig Zonca and Loretta Ryan
In short: Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says the permits will help put hundreds of homes back onto the rental market.
Apartments will also need body corporate and planning approval to become short-term accommodation.
What's next? The local law will need state government approval and will involve community consultation.
Brisbane landlords will soon need a council-approved permit before they can list their home for short-term accommodation, including Airbnb, the city's lord mayor has announced.
The new local law will target landlords who are turning their homes into "mini-hotels" amid an ongoing rental crisis.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says the permits will help put hundreds of homes back onto the rental market.
"[Council will] only issue a permit if they [landlords] have planning approvals in place, and if it's appropriate, and if it has the support of a body corporate," he said.
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