Brisbane plans to ban Airbnb and other short-stay holiday homes in some suburbs, forcing operators to ask for council approval and implementing a three-strike complaint system.

Brisbane City Council will put the reforms for low and medium-density up for public consultation on Friday.

About 500 homeowners were expected to be told their properties could no longer be used as short-stay accommodation, with the new rules to come into effect in June next year.

High-density suburbs closer to the city will not be included in the ban.

Anyone found operating short-stay accommodation in low-density suburbs could be fined up to $140,000. The price of a permit has not been decided, but the council said it would be a cost-recovery measure.

Anyone given a permit would need to nominate a 24-hour contact person who could respond to complaints within an hour and report back to council that day.

They would need to provide house rules to guests and hold public liability insurance.

A new warning system would strip permit holders of their right to operate after three council warnings.

The council would also continue to advocate changes to the state’s body corporate laws to give apartment owners more power to limit short-term rentals in their buildings.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the plan would limit holiday accommodation disturbances in quieter parts of the city, while still supporting the tourism industry.

“This new law is about striking a balance between supporting tourism and economic activity and protecting the peace of our suburbs where people live,” he said.

However, the council did not expect the move to bring rental prices down. A 2023 University of Queensland review found short-term rentals had a limited impact on rental affordability.

The study found adding housing stock was a far more successful way to tackle rental affordability. A 10 per cent increase in Queensland’s short-term rental listings would increase rents by 0.2 to 0.5 per cent, it found, while 10 per cent more houses on the market would decrease rents by 1 to 2 per cent.

Labor Council Opposition Leader Jared Cassidy dismissed the announcement as old news.

The council announced this permit system during the 2024-25 budget but failed to act until 18 months later, Cassidy said.

“Brisbane’s LNP council have absolutely no credibility on this issue. They’ve announced crackdowns before and things only got worse,” he said.

The proposed law change was open for consultation until February 16.

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