Agreed. I think it is absurd that during an accommodation crisis we ignore the fact that a growing number of residences have essentially been removed from the h

Agreed. I think it is absurd that during an accommodation crisis we ignore the fact that a growing number of residences have essentially been removed from the housing stock and turned into short term rentals. As I've said before, for any government serious about addressing the accommodation crisis, the first step should be to determine what proportion of residences are not currently being used as a primary residence. The next step would be to determine what those other residences are being used for (land banking, second homes, short term rentals, holiday homes, etc) and to then design policy based on this data.