Body corps vs Airbnbs: Test case heads to court

Fri, 27 Nov 2020

A test case over whether body corporates can restrict short-term rentals will go the District Court as Auckland apartment owners are at war over rules intended to restrict Airbnb-type arrangements.While the Tenancy Tribunal found against the body corporate of Auckland’s The Point Apartments and in favour of owners wanting to rent their units for fewer than three months, the body corporate is appealing.The former body corporate chair of the lush apartment setting in Auckland’s Viaduct, Paul Duffy, says “justice will be done&rdq...

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