Buller Branch Executive met with Local Government and Buller District Council about the shortfall of long-term rental accommodation in the region due to the amount of unregulated peer to peer accommodation providers.
The Branch undertook an accommodation stock-take of all of the peer to peer accommodation providers in the district that were not paying commercial rates. This was the Branch's submission on the local rates review was built around and after two years of advocating, changes are being made.
The same issues regarding peer to peer accommodation providers were fed into the Branch's feedback on the Councils Annual Plan Review.