Monitoring the Impact of Short-Term Rentals on Tasmanian Housing Markets – 2nd update since June 2022 Baseline Report (Dec 2022)

In 2021 Shelter Tasmania commissioned Professor Peter Phibbs to conduct a study into the impact of short-term rentals on Tasmania housing markets and how it affects the availability of housing (particularly for long-term rentals) for Tasmanian residents.

The Baseline Report made a number of initial findings and recommendations about the current short-term rental market and its implications for the Tasmanian housing market. The report recognised through its initial analyses the unique nature of short-term rentals in Greater Hobart (in particular) and in Tasmania in general. This report is the second of the 6-monthly updates, and interrogates and updates where necessary data from the Baseline Report. Read the full Report here…