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Owners’ corporation bill
The long-awaited Owners’ Corporation (OC) Amendment Bill has been introduced into parliament
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Small print shrinks state cladding fund
Small print shrinks state cladding fund
Read MoreState government follows UK lead on cladding
Daniel Andrews’ pledge of $600 million to fix half of the 1000-plus buildings in Victoria with flammable cladding is welcome news for some “lucky” owners
Read MoreA Royal Commission into industry scandals
Enough is enough. Every day we read of more apartment catastrophes created by builders with the tacit acquiescence of governments
Read MoreMore support for Owners’ Corporations in the new Bill
The long-awaited exposure draft of the Owners Corporations and Other Acts Amendments Bill has now been released by Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) for public consultation.
Read MoreOwners’ corporation law – time’s up
The state government is under increasing pressure to amend the outdated Owners Corporation Act 2006.
Read MoreCladding, short-stays and rooming
As evacuees trudged out of the CBD high-rise building that caught fire in February, the media stepped in to interview the victims of this alarming incident that has been blamed on combustible cladding.
Read MoreCladding confusion continues
We Live Here has been inundated with complaints that it has been almost impossible to get accurate, consistent information about cladding and how to address the issue. Owners' corporations (OCs) have been telling us they are getting mixed messages about whether there is a cladding issue at all.
Read MoreNow Labor can work with residents
In the fallout from the state poll we hope that Labor politicians remember that they have been elected to represent people.
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Show us the money!
We Live Here calls on all parties to disclose in full all donations from property developers and multinationals including Airbnb.
Read MoreCladding – remove now, pay later?
Apartment buildings across Melbourne are finding that it can cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars to remove combustible cladding.
Read MoreGovernment ignores Airbnb stabbing death
In stunning scenes in Parliament this month, the Victorian Government passed the weakest legislation for short-term letting ever seen in Australia, to the delight of Airbnb
Read MoreOne woman’s stand gets results
One brave apartment owner has taken on the developer and the management company appointed to administer the common property for the owners’ corporation (OC) and won back residents’ rights that had been eroded in her apartment building
Read MoreUniting against proxy farming and rorts
Corruption, secret deals, intimidation, blackmail – no, we are not talking about a new TV series – we are talking about owners’ corporations across Melbourne
Read MoreMore large-scale proxy farming
In our April column we reported on two apartment buildings where owners were suffering after proxy farmers stitched up lucrative contracts.
Read MoreMake your vote count
A by-election for the vacant position of lord mayor will be held in May.
Read MoreEmbedded kickbacks
We Live Here has had a request from the ABC for information about embedded electricity networks.
Read MoreStartling Airbnb listing statistics
New data on Airbnb listings for Melbourne has shown that between 2016 and 2018 there has been a 132 per cent increase in listings for metropolitan Melbourne and a whopping 186 per cent increase in listings within the City of Melbourne, see Table 1. The figures were extracted and analysed especially for We Live Here by New York-based Australian Murray Cox, the creator of InsideAirbnb.com who is back in Australia on a short visit.
Read MorePrivy Council gets it, Andrews doesn’t
The Privy Council in London has unanimously ruled that strata corporations may enforce by-laws to restrict short-term letting.
Read MoreOpen letter to the Premier of Victoria
Dear Mr Andrews, On Friday December 8, your government is required to table a response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Owners Corporations Amendment (Short-stay Accommodation) Bill 2016.
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