Residents will be encouraged to dob in properties they suspect are being used for short-term accommodation as Brisbane City Council cracks down on housing issues. 

The Lord Mayor says the properties should be permanently rented out to ease a massive shortage of homes in the region.

“This is just one of the ways that we’re moving forward,” he told Bill McDonald. “There’s three ways that we’re identifying properties.”

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It comes after the new Transitory Accommodation category was created to slug short-term accommodation property owners 50 per cent higher rates.

AirBnB has hit back, saying council has made “incorrect assumptions” on the effect short stays are having on the rental market.

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