Short-term rentals can be stopped

Beware.

Building management can stop short-term rentals such as Airbnb. Any house rule prohibiting it is not ultra vires of section 70(5) Strata Management Act.

Federal Court: “[84]...There is no singular test to determine whether an occupancy is a tenancy or a licence. Instead, the Court will have to consider the whole circumstances of each case to determine the question of whether the agreement to occupy is in law and in fact a tenancy or a licence ...”