Airbnb host Louise Drolz at her leafy Greenwich home. Credit:Kirk Gilmour "The sharing economy is booming in NSW as more people are finding creative ways to turn unused things into income," said the Liberal MP for Oatley, Mark Coure, chairman of parliament's environment and planning committee. "This report is about giving certainty. Not everyone is a winner, but we have tried to get the balance right for consumers, home owners and the wider community." The report will be tabled in NSW Parliament on Wednesday, and if adopted by the Baird government, would see home sharing regulated for the first time across NSW. Only 12 councils currently have rules covering home sharing and many, including the City of Sydney and Waverley, ban Airbnb hosting in residential areas and acta waterview apartment in Balmain after the body corporate threatened to pass a by-law banning Airbnb hosts.

Mrs Hammond and her husband lived in the four-bedroom property for two years before moving out and using Airbnb to generate income. "Families could stay together. They were in with the locals, rather than staying in the CBD. They saw the real Australia, could go to the parks, and the beautiful local restaurants and pubs up the road. They loved it," she said. "If I had known there was no way they could put a by-law in place, I would have kept it. But we felt we had no choice. Once the clarity comes through, we would do it again," she said. Louise Drolz lets out part of her four-bedroom Greenwich house