Brisbane to charge Airbnb hosts higher council rates to tackle housing availability

Landlords who rent out their entire property for longer than 60 days a year will pay 50% more in rates from July

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Brisbane homeowners who list their properties as short-term accommodation on sites like Airbnb will be slugged with a 50% rates hike amid a chronic shortage of rental properties.

Handing down the city's $4bn budget on Wednesday, the LNP lord mayor, Adrian Schrinner, said a new transitory accommodation" category will help tackle housing availability and affordability in Australia's fastest growing capital city.

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