Holiday Homes WA
Holiday Homes WA Incorporated
Recent developments in the Busselton Shire have shown that this sector is not being adequately represented on issues such as amendments to the Town Planning Schemes throughout the state.
There are very real fears that short stay letting will be regulated by introduction of restrictive licensing regimes that allow vexatious complaints to cause the license to be withdrawn.
The Association will lobby for voluntary accreditation under the National Tourist Accreditation Program instead of restrictive licensing.
This is not intended to be a single issue organisation and as the need arises the Association will represent the sector.
A Holiday Home Association will be able to effectively lobby on behalf of all those involved in the industry, and ensure debate is not based on inaccurate information.A wide cross section of the community is involved in this sector, ranging from holiday home owners who use their homes for their own private use, to those who short stay let their properties, to the wider business community who depend on the holiday home trade. The legal right of holiday home owners is unclear with some Shire Town Planning Schemes having contradictory and legally questionable provisions relating to short stay renting. The initial task of the Association is to guide the Busselton Shires Amendment No 46 to their Town Planning Scheme through to a satisfactory conclusion that can serve as a statewide model.
Holiday Home owners have invested many billions of dollars, and pay punitive land tax assessments annually. In the Busselton Shire it is estimated that the sector represents 12% of visitor nights in the Shire and $50 million in expenditure in the Shire annually. The retirement hopes of many investors ride on their investment, and the livelihoods of many more business operators ride with them.