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City of Sydney Deputy Lord Mayor Jess Miller says the 1000 or more homes operating as full-time Airbnb properties in the municipality should be turned over to much-needed rentals for ordinary workers as a quick-fix solution to mitigate the housing crisis. A crackdown on short-term rentals would be more effective and more immediate than the NSW government’s efforts to increase housing density or Labor’s federal budget tax changes designed to encourage investment in new housing

'Worsening Sydney’s war on renters is the fact that some 17,700 homes in greater Sydney are available only for short-term stays; for tourists, not locals. Which is why the City of Sydney is considering a ban on investor-based short-term letting. Deputy Lord Mayor Jess Miller has long been concerned about this and tonight joins Elizabeth Farrelly as a guest on THE SYDNEYIST.'

Super fun being interviewed on Swapping Secrets about how careful City planning for venues has allowed safe, vibrant communities to thrive in Sydney for decades. I promise you'll definitely learn something new about the business of council listening to this one! While you're listening to a podcast already, a few others I've enjoyed being invited onto previously: -- Doing Things Differently, The Fifth Estate -- The importance of liveable, breathable cities in Australia, Sust

Sydney’s Airbnb boom has frustrated City of Sydney Deputy Mayor Jess Miller, who wants the state government to collect more data on the types of short-term rentals being listed in NSW. Miller said investors were turning residential-zoned homes into commercial operations, with no need to submit applications for an official change of use for the site. While NSW bans unoccupied Airbnb listings from being rented out more than 180 days of the year, poor data made this hard to enfo

Diesel generators on the roof of the DigiCo data centre on Harris St, Ultimo 'The City of Sydney called for “minimum performance standards for energy and water, flexible demand to reduce network impacts with full cost-recovery, and direct investment into the real-time supply of 100 per cent renewable energy”. Data centres should be “grid-positive” through requirements for “direct investment in new solar, wind, and battery storage projects”, it said. The deputy lord mayor of S

The education program will also be supported by a broader communications and engagement toolkit that government agencies, councils and community groups can use locally.

Weeks after the Minns government ditched the last of Sydney’s infamous lockout laws , NSW Police are proposing tougher conditions for The Marlborough Hotel on King Street in Newtown, citing dozens of reports of alcohol-related incidents in the past few years, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. City of Sydney deputy mayor Jess Miller, who lead opposition to the changes with the support of all councillors, said the proposed rules were “worse than the lockouts”. “This signifies

Cities thrive when they are diverse. When they cater to the needs of everyone.

I was interviewed on A Current Affair about the unregulated short-term rental market in Sydney, and how it's keeping thousands of rental properties across the City away from our essential workers.

Purging the city of short-term holiday homes that could otherwise be on the permanent rental market must be one of her top priorities.

A great chat with Dominique Chaleyer on her podcast, a little about my life--in and outside of work.

“With a state-significant development, affordable housing is also defined as 75 per cent below the market rate, which is a very wishy-washy figure, when we say it should be 30 per cent of someone’s income, and in perpetuity rather than five to 15 years,” Miller said. “In practice, this isn’t policed either. It could be someone’s mates being put in there for a discount, as it’s not administered by an outside agency. I think if Juanita Nielsen was around now, she would be shoc

“Everyone talks about the need to activate spaces to enliven local high streets. The opposite of active is lazy.

A New Normal evolved from a casual 'what if?' idea you have over a couple of beers into a comprehensive platform outlining a $100 billion opportunity to transform the city