There are almost five times as many short-stay properties available in this WA tourist hotspot as there are long-term rentals, but the owners say a desperate request from local government is taking the focus off the real source of the problem.
abc.net.au/news/holiday-home-owners-reject-calls-to-rent-vacant-properties/101371130Holiday home owners in Western Australia's biggest food and wine region have refused pleas to rent out their vacant properties and say they are being treated as scapegoats for the nationwide housing crisis.Short-stay properties outnumber the long-term rentals available in Busselton by more than four to one
There are 35 long-term rental properties listed online for Busselton and Dunsborough compared to 167 short-stay properties, such as Airbnb."I'm putting a plea out to those property owners if they're not using those properties to really consider putting them into the long-term market," he said.
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