Strata
Strata law reform on the cards as NSW Fair Trading swamped with complaints
Reforms of the state’s strata laws are set to address poor behaviour by managing agents as sector advocates call for the commissioner to have greater powers.
- by Amber Schultz
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Housing crisis
I spent more time choosing groceries than buying my first home
I’ve spent longer debating which frozen dumplings to buy at the supermarket than committing to a mortgage that ends two years before I’m eligible for the pension.
- by Amber Schultz
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Comedy
It’s been a bad week to be a baby
You think being booted from a comedy show is unfair? Strata is stopping my kid from crawling on communal grass.
- by Thomas Mitchell
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Debt collection
‘Unjust and unfair’: How Karen nearly lost everything to strata debt
One in eight forced bankruptcy filings in NSW last year were applications by owners’ corporations to make individual owners bankrupt.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Jan’s building has concrete cancer and harbour views. Developers are trying to persuade her to sell
Residents in crumbling apartment blocks on the north shore are being targeted with warnings of disaster unless they sell - so the buildings can be redeveloped.
- by Sue Williams
Opinion
Housing crisis
Two missing words explain why Sydney’s making a terrible housing mistake
Changes in our landscape and society are happening with little understanding of the legal structures being created and the resulting burdens for homeowners.
- by Cathy Sherry
Opinion
Housing crisis
I was in a bidding war for a unit with concrete cancer. I’m still mad I lost
I just got outbid on the seventh apartment I’ve tried to buy in Sydney, and with every property I miss out on, my standards drop.
- by Amber Schultz
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Development
‘Investors are the problem’: Why denser housing may not be coming to a suburb near you
Premier Chris Minns promised a vision for Sydney’s “missing middle” that would help solve the housing crisis. Developers say the plans face significant hurdles.
- by Max Maddison
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‘You can’t get out the window if you’re on the 20th floor’: Buildings act on risky e-bikes
A proliferation of fires associated with charging e-bikes and scooters has made strata committees rethink allowing them in buildings.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Property market
Philip has been waiting 10 years for strata to fix a leak in his apartment
The government wants to build millions of new homes across Sydney and NSW, many of them high-rise apartments, but many experts say strata laws are not fit for purpose.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Property market
‘Confidence is waning’: New strata commissioner’s urgent task to support high-rise city
Plans to build millions of apartments across Sydney will falter without major changes to laws underpinning ownership and management, the new strata commissioner warns.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons