New AHURI research shows the short-term rental accommodation (STRA) sector is becoming increasingly professionalised, in a departure from its original ‘sharing economy’ model.

The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) is pleased to announce the addition of two new research partners to its national network: Macquarie University and The University of Queensland. 

New AHURI research has critically analysed private rental vacancy rates for the first time, exploring the metrics’ strengths and limitations, and how they are created and used.

The research revealed Australia’s approach to RVRs was unusual internationally and has implications for the public and private entities relying on the metric.