Sherry says the strata system – collective management of common parts of the property – often works against optimal decision-making. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning
And for those who rent – about half the people who live in apartments across the country – the barriers can be insurmountable.Ī conservative count in the 2020 Australasian Strata Insights report by the UNSW City Futures Research Centre found there were 340,601 apartment blocks across Australia, home to 2.2 million people. The hurdles facing apartment-dwellers who want to use electric vehicles, install solar panels or switch from gas to electric for cooking and heating are not just financial, says Associate Prof Cathy Sherry, of the University of New South Wales law and justice faculty. There’s all these disincentives at the moment for EVs and it’s not a sustainable position,” Stewart says. Stewart rents her apartment – one of 25 in a block built in the 60s – so her property manager would have to check with the strata management committee whether she was allowed to install the plug, before asking the owner for permission. But since making the request in December she has heard nothing, despite following up twice.
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