Unit owners have a say How would forced home sales affect you?

GOLD Coast unit owners have reacted strongly to a radical proposal to change strata-title laws that could see homes sold up from under them.

The revealed this week that Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath was considering a push from the Property Council of Australia to allow just 75 per cent of unit owners to decide if a building is to be sold or not. At present, it needs all owners to agree. Below are examples of how the changes could affect you, as sourced from a series of proposals compiled by Queensland University of Technology law professor Bill Duncan for the Property Council of Australia and Strata Community Australia and submitted to the Government.