Pets, guarantees and refugees

This week’s podcast may have an international flavour – Jimmy is in Scotland and Sue in Sydney -- but it covers familiar territory. First up we talk about a campaign to bring NSW’s rental laws into line with Victoria’s where landlords may not unreasonably refuse a request by a tenant to bring a pet into their property. Given that both states now have strata laws that mean schemes can’t impose blanket bans on pets, could it mean an open-door policy for pets in apartments? It will be interesting to see what compromises either of the major parties will come up with becaue they won't want to be left behind but they won't want to copy Victoria either (for reasons too dumb to explain). Meanwhile we also discuss the first win in Building Commissioner David Chandler’s campaign to get insurers to offer guarantees for new-build high-rises. And Jimmy discovers a novel plan to rescue Scottish apartments and house Ukrainian refugees, plus an Art Deco flat in Glasgow’s city centre for about $200k. ____________________________________________________ Flat Chat is all about apartment living, especially in Australia. Find us on Facebook and Twitter and the Flat Chat website. Send comments and questions to [email protected]. Register to ask and answer questions about apartment living anonymously on the website. Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai. Find out more about Sue Williams and Jimmy Thomson on their websites.