ABC News – Australia ·australia ·1 hour ago

Short stay accommodation jumps in Tasmania amid rental squeeze

Tasmania's whole-home short-stay accommodation jumped by 498 dwellings to 4,719 in the year to March 2025, according to newly released state government data. Hobart accounts for 726 properties, doubling Melbourne and Sydney's proportion of rental stock. The surge exacerbates Tasmania's severe rental shortage, prompting calls for stronger planning regulations to limit conversions.

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