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Ideas from locals

Practical fixes, ranked by how many locals back them. Disagreeing is a button too — concerns are counted and shown, not buried.

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Council, Rates & the Long Term Plan

Short-term rental hosts should pay commercial rates

All Airbnb hosts should be classified as commercial entities and charged commercial rates, rather than residential rates. This would generate revenue for the district and potentially free up properties for long-term rental.

Gathering support📍 Across the disctictWho should act: QLDC

Put up by Uan

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Council, Rates & the Long Term Plan

Pause new subdivisions until infrastructure catches up

Stop approving new developments and subdivisions until existing infrastructure issues are resolved. Allow existing properties to be developed or rebuilt, but no new subdivisions.

Gathering support📍 Across the regionWho should act: QLDC

Trade-offs: May constrain housing supply in the short term · Could slow economic growth and construction sector activity

Put up by Uan

Nobody's weighed in yet — you'd be first.

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